Google China hardware team nearly seven times the size of a year | Focus on wearable devices

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20 (Beijing time) - According to The Information, a well-known paid technology media in Silicon Valley, Google's Shanghai office at Shanghai World Financial Center is developing a series of wearable products and other devices.

Currently, Google Android Wear is the most popular platform in the global wearable device market, but so far, Google has not launched its own Android Wear-based wearable device.As for the Google Shanghai office is developing a Pixel smart watch, or other Something new is not yet known.

Reportedly, the number of employees in Google's Shanghai office has now risen to 150, up from 20 at the same time last year, due to a significant increase in the number of employees, mainly because Google wants to further expand its consumer electronics business.

In addition to wearable devices, the report also said Google's Shanghai office is also developing products such as Google Pixel phones, Google Home smartphones, Pixelbook notebooks and virtual reality (VR) helmets.

At present, the specific role played by Google's Shanghai office in Google's global operations is unclear, but part of the report is to oversee Google's current hardware product manufacturing efforts, as it is closer to Google's major component foundries Seems reasonable.

Google's Shanghai office is full of talent, including co-founders of technology-giants in China and executives at Amazon and Apple Inc. The technology is led by former Google engineers Jeremy Chau, Ben Luk and David Ko) The three were jointly formed in 2014 to focus on mobile OS and mobile devices.

Recently, Google returned to China aroused high profile attention.Last week, at the annual Google China Developers Conference held in Shanghai, Google announced the establishment of 'Google AI China Center.' This is the last decade following the announcement of withdrawal from China, Google The biggest move in the Chinese market, but also Google AI First (artificial intelligence first) strategy landed in Asia for the first time.

In addition, Google CEO Sundar Pichai appeared for the first time on the agenda at Wuzhen World Internet Conference, which ended earlier this month.

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