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Google is losing its Fitbit leaders and laying off hundreds of AR employees
The Pixel Watch can run free; AR glasses may be toast.
Google’s AR efforts have similarly been in question after the company’s head of that tech, Clay Bavor, left last February to pursue AI instead, and the team’s software leader Mark Lucovsky departed as well. When Google says its “1P AR hardware team” is seeing the majority of impacts, that means it’s chosen to spend fewer dollars on developing its own glasses by itself. We’re also supporting all impacted employees, in line with local requirements, including time to explore different roles at Google and elsewhere, outplacement services, and severance offerings.
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