Andy Rubin, the founder of Android and for many years the director of the mobile division of Google, is leaving the company.
That Google confirms after notification from the Wall Street Journal .
Rubin took in March 2013 already retired from his role as head of the mobile division of Google and led the past eighteen months, the new robot department at the search giant.
The Android-founder leaves Google to an incubator for startups that are developing hardware set up. Whether Google is involved and what will be called the incubator is unclear.
His duties as head of the robot area are taken over by James Kuffner, a researcher at Google and all part of the experimental division within the company.
Android
Rubin worked since 2005 at Google since the search giant, the company behind mobile operating system Android took over. Rubin led the platform in subsequent years to the height at which it now stands. Android has a share of about 80 percent of the smartphone market worldwide.
“I wish Andy all the best at what he will do now,” let Larry Page, CEO of Google, in a statement . “He has Android really put down something very special where one billion people happy using it. Thank you for that.”
Limitations
Google does not want to dwell on the reason for the departure of Rubin . According to anonymous sources from the Wall Street Journal he experienced limitations in his activities at Google.
Jessica Lessin, the usually well-informed website The Information In addition to Rubin leaves because he wanted a more independent status for his robot department. twitters More like Calico, the company Google that human life must extend. This component is run as a separate subsidiary.
Rubin says he had no problems with independence and that he has gone away because he wanted to do something new.
An analyst from IDC that the departure of Rubin unscheduled sounds: “you might as Rubin voluntarily had left her, thinking that he had at least put off a portion of the robot project so that something could be shown for his departure.”
Robot Division
Google took led by Rubin numerous robot companies, but it is still unclear exactly what the company wants to achieve and what progress has already been made.
New York Times notes that the departure of the Android-founder can be part of the new role of Google CEO Page. Page would like to focus more on “the bigger picture”. The current Android boss Sundar Pichai gets to make that possible a more important role at Google.
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By:. NOW. nl / Colin Angle
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