Android’s management group simply bought one other shake-up

Android’s management group at Google is dropping one other key chief. Dave Burke, VP of engineering for Android, is “stepping away” from heading up Android engineering and is “shifting into an advisory place whereas exploring AI / bio tasks,” he stated in an electronic mail he posted to LinkedIn.

“AI has the potential to play a pivotal function in accelerating drug discovery, with vast applicability, together with in hard-to-treat pediatric cancers, a subject near my coronary heart,” Burke stated. “I’m working with Sundar to discover related roles at Alphabet.”

Burke’s departure follows Google’s current transfer to mix its Android and {hardware} groups into a brand new “Platforms and Gadgets” group run by Rick Osterloh. As a part of that change, Google introduced that Hiroshi Lockheimer, who had led Android, Chrome, and ChromeOS, can be transferring on to different tasks, and Sameer Samat would grow to be president of the Android ecosystem.

In his electronic mail, Burke promised extra particulars to return about what’s subsequent for his former group. “It’s vital for me to depart you in good palms with a properly thought out succession plan,” he stated. “We’ll be following up shortly with some extra specifics about this variation, so please preserve an eye fixed out for that.”

That implies there may be extra adjustments on the group past Burke leaving, and 9to5Google reported Wednesday that Google’s platforms and gadgets group is “present process a reorganization.” Google didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark concerning the reported reorg.

Google is already making strikes to mix items of its ecosystems. On Wednesday, Google introduced that ChromeOS can be developed on parts of the Android tech stack partially in order that it could possibly roll out AI options extra rapidly.