Google no longer has the two most important people in the development of Pixel. Looking at LinkedIn, we note that both Marc Levoy (CEO of Pixel is very good at image quality) and Mario Queiroz (Pixel category leader) it no longer works for Google, thus losing the company two important pieces in the manufacture of these products.
According to The Information, the launch of Google Pixel 4 was a straw that broke the glass (among other reasons the source does not explain), in a history of conflicts, doubts about Pixel and Google information for weak points on the device.
Pixel 4, which is said to have created a whole mess
Mario Queiroz left Google earlier this year, as a result he ceased to be chief after the Google Pixel development team. The same thing happened with Marc Levoy, who has been away from Google for two months. According to Information, The development and introduction of Google Pixel 4 is one of the causes of this situation.
According to a source, at an internal meeting, Osterloh said he disagreed with many of the decisions made with Pixel 4.
Rick Osterloh, Google's head of hardware and visual presence at the Pixel launch, would comment internally their dissatisfaction before the introduction of Google Pixel 4. According to a source, at an Osterloh party's internal meeting, he said it was not in line with other decisions made on the phone, is especially concerned about its battery. This, in the short term as we have seen in product analysis and at a lower rate in both models, disappointed the headset of hardware almost equal to Soli, a face recognition system that, when introduced by Pixel, allowed the cellphone to be unlocked with eyes closed.
The situation in the Pixel category is not good: at the retail level the product doesn't take based on available data and even the head of Hardware is not satisfied with the latest models, according to a source
At sales level the pixels are not as good as the IDC rating, even if there is no standard for the latest models or for the Pixel generation 4. In the United States, Google's most important market, do not have a 3% market share.
The general situation and dissatisfaction with the Pixel 4 project, according to The Information, has led to the group's leaders leaving the company, completely alienating the Pixel division and leaving it unknown who will now take money from the deal.
The importance of Queiroz and Levoy in building the Google Pixel
Mario Queiroz joined Google in August 2005 as brand manager, continues to lead the Pixel category in 2016. Behind him came down decisions in engineering, design, product development, commercial and other levels. Choices that could have been more accurate or limited, but have undoubtedly been able to make the Pixel, for better or worse, a unique and unique mobile.
The most serious case is that of Marc Levoy, one of the parents of computer photographers and the person who thanks the Pixels for taking such high-quality photos.
Critical case, in view of that Google Pixel talking about photos, by Marc Levoy. It's about one of the parents of computer pictures, a strong advocate of The DSLR philosophy must be applied to mobile cameras and they rely more on software than introducing a series of sensors that can provide flexibility, but not better results.
Thanks to Levoy, improvements like Google's HDR + have arrived (Many years later it has been observed by some manufacturers how important HDR is for measuring final results), image mode with single lens or automatic adjustment of white balance to neutral, regardless of whether it shines on the scene. When we look at the Strandford University page, we see several of it pages, which describes the sophisticated photography techniques that were eventually applied to Pixels.
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