Google’s Top Leadership Is Under Scrutiny
The top-level management of any company became the global face of any brand. When it is a technology company then all the eyes are always on him, and his or her stand on developments is always valued. The senior leadership position of Google is facing turbulence. The reason behind it is still not completely cleared, but the reports are indicating that everything is not fine among the top leadership.
Google
chief executive Sundar Pichai is reportedly facing a management challenge as
part of his senior leadership has become turbulent. The New York Times
reported Monday that current and former senior leaders had criticized the
firm’s increasingly risk-averse style and more than 30 vice presidents stepped
down in a year. The Times said this layer of leadership thought the firm
had become much more bureaucratic.
“The
lack of courage of Google with the problem of diversity eventually ended my
passion for the job,” David Baker, a former director of engineering who worked
at the company for 16 years, told The Times. “The more financially secure
Google has escaped taking risks,” Pichai took over from Google co-founder Larry
Page in 2015.
New York Times traces LinkedIn
The
Times said it analyzed the LinkedIn profile update and found that 36 Google VP
had left the company in the past 12 months, about one-tenth of such executives
in the company. In a 2018 email, Pichai hired many VP. He argued that
while the company was finding it difficult to move forward, technical decisions
were not being in proper coordination.
There
were many VP’s who praised Sundar, including Caesar Sengupta, who was Google’s
VP for 15 years. There are other names on the list such as Aparna
Chennapragada, who left Google for trading app Robinhood in April. Both of
them praised Pichai’s decision.
In
January, Google’s parent company Alphabet announced that it was going to close
‘Loons’ forever. Broadband can be made more accessible with the help of
‘Loons’. Meanwhile, the company closed down more projects. Google and
its affiliates have also increased significantly. At the end of the first
year as PICHAI’s CEO, Alphabet had 72,053 full-time employees. At the end
of 2020, the number had increased to 135,301.
New Lock screen settings for Google Assistant
Google has created standalone preference webpages for several
Assistant functions over the last few days. The most recent update includes
Google Assistant settings for Android’s “Lock screen.”
Before
the entire alphabetical list, the new “Lock screen” menu is categorized under
“Popular Settings,” such as Voice Match, Languages, and Routines. When you
initially launch Assistant, you’ll get a splash screen telling you how to use it
“without unlocking your phone.”
When
the phone is locked, you will get hands-free assistance from your Assistant. In
the Assistant settings, you could just turn this off.
Turn
on Voice Match and say “Hey Google” to have your Assistant identify your voice
for personal details like calls and messages to the contacts.
Accepting
the terms will enable “Assistant responses on the lock screen,” with the
possibility to retrieve personalized results through a corner swipe or power
button hold (on Android 12) as a backup option.
The
Lock Screen feature under the Personalization menu, which was already very
long, has been replaced with this new preferences page. The underlying
technology isn’t fresh, and users are asked about this before the Assistant’s
initial setup. It’s just more visible now and more likely to be seen. With
Google app 12.24, we’re seeing the new Assistant Lock screen options that have
been widely carried out.
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