Replacing Rubin is Sundar Pichai, who heads Google Chrome OS and apps efforts.
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Mr. Pichai said that would depend on what manufacturers choose to build with the software.
Rubin and Pichai to become two of 18 senior vice presidents then at the company.
Mr. Pichai, 40 years old, will have to balance the increasing overlap between Android and Chrome.
Mr. Pichai is considered more easygoing, said people who have worked with both men.
Every time it came up, even unsolicited, Pichai looked like he ate something bad.
Going forward, Sundar Pichai will lead Android, in addition to his existing work with Chrome and Apps.
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Taking over the reins of Android is Sundar Pichai, who currently oversees the Apps and Chrome projects.
Google last week shifted oversight of Chrome and Android to the responsibility of one person, Sundar Pichai.
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Sundar Pichai, head of Chrome and Apps, is now in charge of Android.
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"Touch is here to stay, and I'm pretty sure every laptop will have touch in the future, " Pichai said.
Mr. Pichai is likely to be more accommodating and willing to integrate Android with more Google services, these people said.
Mr. Pichai previously has said the project was a complicated one but disputed the idea of a conflict between the units.
Sundar Pichai, head of Google's Chrome division, which operates a Web browser and fledgling operating system, will take over the Android unit.
Nonetheless, Pichai shows a game, for instance, that can be created and played on the desktop but also translate easily to Android devices.
Last month Chrome became a touch-screen-enabled software like Android, and Mr. Pichai said at the time that manufacturers could use Chrome to power tablets.
Mr Pichai said users and developers would have the final say.
Mr. Pichai also will have to manage an increasing overlap between Android's ambitions to sell digital media via the Google Play app store and those of its YouTube division.
Mr. Pichai also said that people will be able to use the touch screen to work on documents created by Microsoft Office programs such as Word and Excel.
"Our goal was to have the hardware disappear, " Pichai added.
As Google Vice President of Product Management Sundar Pichai noted, the potential customer base of 120 million Chrome browser users is bigger than those available to any mobile developer.
Mr. Pichai said the high price tag was justified and argued that the Pixel "stands up very well against a MacBook Air, " a non-touch-screen laptop made by Apple Inc.
"The core of Google's Chromebook vision is creating a better, more simple computing experience and making it available to everyone, " said Sundar Pichai, senior vice president, Chrome and Apps, Google.
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Google will make the touch-enabled Chrome operating system available to other computer makers, and Mr. Pichai said he hopes that other Chrome touch devices will come on the market later this year.
"This is for power users who live in the cloud, " Senior Vice President of Chrome Sundar Pichai repeatedly told a select group of journalists at a low-key launch event in San Francisco.
Graced with the presence of Google and Samsung reps in Kuala Lumpur (including a video message from Google SVP Sundar Pichai), today Malaysian carrier Yes 4G unveiled this rather special laptop for the local consumers.
Mr. Pichai said in an interview that "you'll see some overlap" between Chrome and Android, but Google "views these as choices for users" and that both operating systems will help promote Google applications such as the Web-search engine.
Mr. Pichai said the Pixel, which uses an Intel Core i5 and has a 12.85-inch screen, has the "highest resolution screen that's ever been shipped on a laptop, " and the company also touted an improved touch pad and keyboard.
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