{"id":279801,"date":"2025-04-11T17:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/google-reportedly-lays-off-hundreds-of-employees-in-android-pixel-teams\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T17:22:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T17:22:06","slug":"google-reportedly-lays-off-hundreds-of-employees-in-android-pixel-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/google-reportedly-lays-off-hundreds-of-employees-in-android-pixel-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Reportedly Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Android, Pixel Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/i.gadgets360cdn.com\/large\/google_logo_reuters_1737982358621.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Google Reportedly Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Android, Pixel Teams\" title=\"Google Reportedly Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Android, Pixel Teams\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alphabet&#8217;s Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, The Information reported on Friday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The cuts in the division, which houses the <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/android\">Android<\/a> platform, <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/pixel-smartphones\">Pixel phones<\/a> and the <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/chrome\">Chrome browser<\/a> among other applications, follow <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/google\">Google&#8217;s<\/a> January buyout offers to employees in the unit, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since combining the platforms and devices teams last year, we&#8217;ve focused on becoming more nimble and operating more effectively and this included making some job reductions in addition to the voluntary exit program that we offered in January,&#8221; a Google spokesperson told The Information.<\/p>\n<p>Google did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Big Tech players have been redirecting spending towards data centers and AI development, while scaling back investments in other areas of their business.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/facebook-meta\">Facebook-parent Meta<\/a> laid off about five percent of its &#8220;lowest performers&#8221; in January while pushing ahead with the expedited hiring of machine learning engineers.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/microsoft\">Microsoft<\/a> also trimmed 650 jobs in its <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/xbox\">Xbox<\/a> unit in September. <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/amazon\">Amazon<\/a> laid off employees in several units, including communications, while <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/tags\/apple\">Apple<\/a> eliminated about 100 roles in its digital services group last year, according to media reports.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg in February reported that Google had laid off employees in its cloud division, adding that the round of cuts impacted only a few teams.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2023, Alphabet had announced plans to cut 12,000 jobs, or six percent of its global workforce.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thomson Reuters 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadgets360.com\/ai\/news\/google-lays-off-android-employees-pixel-team-8140920#rss-gadgets-news\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alphabet&#8217;s Google laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, The Information reported on Friday, citing a person with direct knowledge of the situation. 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