Google is reportedly pulling ‘dozens’ of engineers off its laptop and tablet teams
Google is reportedly shifting employees from its laptop and tablet hardware teams to other divisions within Google and Alphabet, according to Business Insider. The move is attributed to “roadmap cutbacks,” and is expected to impact “dozens” of employees outside of manufacturing roles, which suggests that Google may not be expanding much beyond its current lineup of the Pixelbook laptop and the Pixel Slate tablet. Google declined to comment.
The BI report says impacted employees include hardware engineers and technical program managers who have seen their projects canceled over the past two weeks. Those employees were also reportedly told to find temporary projects to work on, moving into other teams like the Pixel smartphone. Other...