Big changes at Google: Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit teams to merge under one hardware umbrella

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• Google is consolidating its hardware teams into a single team handling Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit devices.
• The company has also laid off around a thousand employees.
• Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are leaving the company and hundreds of AR employees are being laid off.

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Google is organizing a major restructuring of its hardware teams. According to a 9to5Google report confirmed by Google, the company will be merging its Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit hardware teams. Many in the hardware team are also getting laid off, amongst hundreds from other divisions.

Author: Adamya Sharma. [Source Link (*), Android Authority]

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