Rubin Gets Re-Assigned and Leaves Android to Pichai

Android's CEO steps down as head for the fastest growing mobile operating system in the planet and gets reassigned to somewhere else in Google world. Larry Page, Google's CEO also announced that Sundar Pichai will now head Android. There is no information yet about why Rubin was moved to a different department but the Google exec commended Pichai for his work with Chrome and his ability to create "easy-to-use" and "excellent" products.

Pichai inherits a robust business, with well over 750 million Android users in the market today, beating Apple for 350 million units! Furthermore, the Android market has sold over 25 billion downloads for various applications. For a company that makes China quite nervous, there is really no doubt that this big move will only mean more good products and services as well as ground-breaking technologies from Pichai. Also, a secret project might be underway for Rubin and the Google team if it was preceded by a big move such as this. Let's just wait and see.

Here's part of Larry Page's announcement, which can be read in full following the source link below.

Going forward, Sundar Pichai will lead Android, in addition to his existing work with Chrome and Apps. Sundar has a talent for creating products that are technically excellent yet easy to use-and he loves a big bet. Take Chrome, for example. In 2008, people asked whether the world really needed another browser. Today Chrome has hundreds of millions of happy users and is growing fast thanks to its speed, simplicity and security. So while Andy's a really hard act to follow, I know Sundar will do a tremendous job doubling down on Android as we work to push the ecosystem forward.

Source: GoogleBlogSpot