3 Divisions
- Family of Apps (CPO Chris Cox))
- Facebook (Will Cathcart)
- Instagram (CEO Kevin Systrom)
- Messenger (Stan Chudnovsky)
- WhatsApp (VP Chris Daniels)
- New Platforms & Infrastructure (CTO Mike Schroepfer)
- AI (Jerome Pesenti)
- AR/VR (Andrew Bosworth)
- Blockchain tech (David Marcus)
- Engineering/Infra/Privacy (Jay Parikh)
- Central Product Services (shared features across products & apps, VP of Growth Javier Olivan)
- Ads (Mark Rabkin)
- Analytics (Alex Schultz)
- Integrity/growth/product management (Naomi Gleit)
Other
- Establishes team to integrate privacy into products, 300 employees.
- Rumor: plans cryptocurrency.
- Appoints Jeff Zients to Board.
- Rebrands Oculus Research to Facebook Reality Labs.
New
- Android Things (out of beta) for smart devices/IoT, with SDK for developers.
- Demos Google Duplex (lets Google Assistant call businesses for info or reservation).
- Launches Smart Displays: smart speaker with screen (from Lenovo, LG, Sony, JBL).
- Launches Android P (Adaptive Battery, Adaptive Brightness, App Actions, Slices; based on AI), any order OEM partners timely security updates.
- Launches Subscribe with Google (access all your paid content anywhere, including on Google Search, Google News & publishers’ sites).
- Plans new chip Tensor Processor Unit 3.0 (requires liquid cooling in datacenters).
Updates
- Google Assistant connects to >5k smart devices, adds Continued Conversations, adds 6 vioices (total 8) based on WaveNet tech.
- Gmail adds Smart Compose (autocomplete mails), confidential mode (expiring mails) and offline mode.
- Google Photos adds Suggested Actions (share with people in picture), turn photo into pdf, turn B&W or colorize.
- Google Maps adds Google Assistant, adds navigation by Street View (AR), adds For You
- Google Lens adds highlighting text & make copy, adds Style Match, to be part of top-end Android phones
- Google News adds AI for personalised feeds.
- Android Auto adds RCS, Google Assistant, partners with Audi & Volvo (integrate voice search and maps into vehicles).
