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Google lays off hundreds in Android, Pixel units
Business Standard
|April 12, 2025
Alphabet'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.
The cuts in the division, which houses the Android platform, Pixel phones and the Chrome browser among other applications, follow Google's January buyout offers to employees in the unit.
This story is from the April 12, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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