- Android engineering VP Dave Burke is stepping down from his role.
- Burke will now focus on “AI/bio projects” within the Alphabet umbrella.
- A replacement has not yet been announced.
After over a decade at the helm, Dave Burke is stepping down as the Android engineering VP. The announcement was made in an X post on Thursday morning.
Burke noted that “it’s time for a change” after heading up various Android-related products and the OS’s development for 14 years. In a letter to staff on LinkedIn, Burke praised his team for scaling “Android users 3000x from 1 million to over 3 billion” over that period.