India has long been an exporter of talent to tech companies… But it is India that’s now undergoing its own revolution. – Sundar Pichai
What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They’re very demanding, regardless of background. – Sundar Pichai
We need to bring Android and Chrome to every screen that matters for users, which is why we focused on phone, wearables, car, television, laptops, and even your workplace. – Sundar Pichai
If you step back and take a holistic look, I think any reasonable person would say Android is innovating at a pretty fast pace and getting it to users. – Sundar Pichai
I think it is going to be hard for individual OEMs to create a platform on top of which people will write content and services and which users will transact. – Sundar Pichai
When you run a platform on scale, you have to make sure it’s truly open. That way, not only do you do well, so do others. – Sundar Pichai
There are many powerful men and women in mobile. I’m fortunate to be part of that group. By no means do I think I’m the most powerful person. – Sundar Pichai
For me, it matters that we drive technology as an equalizing force, as an enabler for everyone around the world. Which is why I do want Google to see, push, and invest more in making sure computing is more accessible, connectivity is more accessible. – Sundar Pichai
We do have business relationships; we do licensing relationships, and people want to use Google services on top of Android. But in theory, you can use Android without Google. – Sundar Pichai
It’s a world of multiple screens, smart displays, with tons of low-cost computing, with big sensors built into devices. At Google, we ask how to bring together something seamless and beautiful and intuitive across all these screens. – Sundar Pichai
Android is one of the most open systems I’ve ever seen. What makes Android great is it’s literally designed from the ground up to be customised in a very powerful way. – Sundar Pichai
My dad and mom did what a lot of parents did at the time. They sacrificed a lot of their life and used a lot of their disposable income to make sure their children were educated. – Sundar Pichai
Open platforms historically undergo a lot of scrutiny, but there are a lot of advantages to having an open source platform from a security standpoint. – Sundar Pichai
We ship a new version of Google Play Services every six weeks. Typically, 90 percent of users are on the new version of that. – Sundar Pichai
Google search was important – one of the most important applications ever on the Web. People accessed everything through a browser, and for us it was important for making sure we had an option there. – Sundar Pichai
Obviously, you will always see more malware targeting Android because Android is used more than any smartphone platform by a pretty substantial difference. – Sundar Pichai
A lot of credit goes to Google TV for helping that process get started and helping to build something like Chromecast. – Sundar Pichai
You’re going to have 100s of millions of users on Chrome, spanning mobile, tablets, and desktops. That is one unfragmented base. That uniformity is probably better than most of the issues across browsers. – Sundar Pichai
Nest is one vertical implementation of a set of smart products for the home. But we will support other people’s smart products for the home. – Sundar Pichai
There’s been a big evolution since the days of personal computing. People had a concept of one computing device per family or maybe per person. We’ve clearly evolved to computing devices becoming more personal. – Sundar Pichai
If we are building something that users need, and there is a lot of value we are driving, I think how search manifests in iOS will work out just fine. – Sundar Pichai
Good companies do whatever it takes to make sure apps are great and don’t hesitate to add features. – Sundar Pichai