Google SVP Rick Osterloh issued an inner memo to the Pixel/Android/Chrome workforce Thursday, saying a “voluntary exit program.” TechCrunch has confirmed the letter’s existence with the corporate, after it was first reported by 9 to 5 Google.

In an announcement to TechCrunch, a spokesperson notes:

The Platforms & Units workforce is providing a voluntary exit program that gives US-based Googlers engaged on this workforce the power to voluntarily depart the corporate with a severance package deal. This comes after we introduced two massive organizations collectively final 12 months. There’s large momentum on this workforce and with a lot vital work forward, we wish everybody to be deeply dedicated to our mission and centered on constructing nice merchandise, with velocity and effectivity.

The voluntary severance program arrives just below a 12 months after Google merged the Android, Pixel {hardware}, and Chrome groups right into a single “Platform and Devices” division, overseen by Osterloh.

The chief famous in April that the re-org was a bid to combine the corporate’s AI choices extra deeply into its merchandise. Within the intervening months, Google’s generative AI platform, Gemini, has grown into an outsized presence amongst its {hardware} and software program choices.

Gemini took heart stage earlier this month as Samsung unveiled its flagship Galaxy S25 smartphone. The service has additionally been central to Google’s personal {hardware} units, successfully changing the Dwelling Assistant on Pixel merchandise. Google Dwelling, in the meantime, continues to play a task within the firm’s Nest line of sensible residence {hardware}.

The exit program applies to a variety of Google choices, together with Android, Chrome/ChromeOS, Fitbit, Google One, Nest, Pictures, and Pixel. Different massive Google divisions, together with AI and search, are usually not immediately impacted.

Phrase of the memo follows Amazon’s confirmation that it laid off dozens of staff throughout its communications and company accountability divisions on Wednesday.