"Google's Restructuring: Layoffs and Leadership Changes in Hardware and Voice Assistant Teams"

Google has laid off hundreds of employees across various divisions, including the voice-activated Google Assistant and the Devices and Services PA team managing Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit hardware. The company confirmed the job cuts as part of organizational changes, with the Alphabet Worker Union criticizing the layoffs as "needless." Google has also let go of most of its AR hardware team and confirmed the departure of Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman. This restructuring follows previous layoffs in different teams over the past year, with Google reducing approximately 6% of its workforce in January 2023.