Andy Rubin resigned as head of the Android project

Andy Rubin (Andy Rubin) headed podrazdeenie corporation responsible for developing Google's mobile operating system Android resigned. According to the official version, it will "new chapter" in the company. Officially, that it will be headed by Mr. Rubin will be announced. In the meantime, it is reported that he was replaced Sundar Pichai (Sundar Pichai), which have now been engaged in projects of Chrome OS and Apps. Post the rearrangement in the leadership came from CEO Larry Page (Larry Page). He notes that Andy Rubin was working on Android since 2004, when he joined the company. He has helped to overcome the difficulties in the way of the new OS, which is now in demand by more than 60 manufacturers, and the number of working devices on board with her ​​750 million, while in the app store for them there are more than 25 billion apps. Explanations as of the reasons Back to Andy Rubin in his position is not reported. He will continue to work for Google. Project on which he will work, the company attaches great importance to, but does not comment on their substance. Presumably, the reason for the resignation Rubin might be his public statements, made ​​without the consent of the leadership of Google. In addition, the fact that now the Android and Chrome OS will be led by one person, indirectly confirms the rumor that in the future, these systems will be integrated or even merge into one project.