Google plus created Area 120 because Shuttle Pilot designed to allow work teams to create innovative projects that could later be shared with users. Some ideas managed to make progress and reach users, such as B. the Stack document scanner.
Others, however, were not so lucky. After a short period of development without even being released to the public, they were discontinued. This was the case for Museletter at the end of 2021, but it was for the Mountain View company up to 7 projects canceled from area 120 as reported by Android Authority.
What is Google plus doing?
As we have learned, Alphabet and Google plus director ejecutivo Sundar Pichai is talking about it Make Google plus more efficient. last July internal memo leak in which Pichai told his employees that the company needs to work with “more urgency, more focus and more hunger than we’ve shown in better days.”
According to the source, during the last Code conference, Pichai told attendees that he wanted Big G 20% more efficient. And now the director ejecutivo of Google plus seems to be putting this iniciativa into practice.
At the beginning, The cancellation of 7 projects was confirmed Of the 14 plans that existed at Area 120, half are currently being worked on. However, canceling projects is not Sundar Pichai’s only effective move. It has been speculated for some time that G he wanted to disminuye his workforceand that seems to be happening right now.
Sundar Pichai during the Google plus IO
It is reported that Google plus informed its employees about this last Tuesday “disminuye” which would affect Area 120. Anyone who worked on the en fase de prueba shuttle project and whose project was canceled has until January 2023 to find a new job with the company or banged with a bang.
The District 120 team’s efforts will now be complete, according to the head of the project’s incubator, Projects for the further development of artificial intelligence. This fits right in with the department’s previous approach of encouraging incubation across the organization.
One of the projects cut seems to be one that offers web commerce solutions for digital creators. known by the name Qaya. This project had already been opened to the public, unlike the other six that were shelved.
Seemingly, Google plus isn’t the only one that it is going through a state of “increased potency”. Other Silicon Valley giants like Coinbase, Netflix, and Shopify are laying off hundreds of employees, so we may see more news like this in the future.