Google offering ‘voluntary exit’ for employees working on Pixel, Android

This sounds like Google is letting the extra bulk roll off voluntarily? To me this sounds like the equivalent to when Steve Jobs asked Jony Ive his “why” to him being on the Mac team. Google provided a full statement to 9to5Google below:

The Platforms & Devices team is offering a voluntary exit program that provides US-based Googlers working on this team the ability to voluntarily leave the company with a severance package. This comes after we brought two large organizations together last year. There’s tremendous momentum on this team and with so much important work ahead, we want everyone to be deeply committed to our mission and focused on building great products, with speed and efficiency.

I’m assuming this was a conversation that happened when the Platform & Devices team restructured to a more functional organization model a year ago. Something Apple and other hardware makers do to bring more focus on their products. Now that Google is truly in it’s Gemini era, Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit truly need to be the vehicles for Google’s vision. Especially with Android XR getting a lot of positive reception from the public. I’m hoping Google lives up to the hype in 2025 as I know quite a few individuals on that team that have done some amazing work already.