Hugo Barra, VP of Android product management joining Xiaomi

Google I/O events will no longer be the same folks, Hugo Barra, Google’s Vice President of Android product management is joining Xiaomi soon as Vice President to help them expanding their product portfolio and business globally.

Hugo Barra himself confirmed this news by posting on Google Plus. Here is the full post from his Google Plus page.

After nearly 5½ years at Google and almost 3 years as a member of the Android team — the most amazing group of people I’ve ever worked with in my life — I have decided to start a new career chapter.

In a few weeks, I’ll be joining the Xiaomi team in China to help them expand their incredible product portfolio and business globally — as Vice President, Xiaomi Global.  I’m really looking forward to this new challenge, and am particularly excited about the opportunity to continue to help drive the Android ecosystem.

It has been an amazing ride and true honor to be part of the Android team at Google, and I especially want to thank +Andy Rubin , +Hiroshi Lockheimer , +Sundar Pichai and +Vic Gundotra for their phenomenal support and mentorship over the years.

+Android team, I will truly miss you all!

Xiaomi is a fast-growing Chinese phone maker also well known for their Android fork, MIUI. With Android head Andy Rubin stepped down 3 months back and Hugo Barra leaving Google, It’s now interesting where Android will head in coming years.

Source : Hugo Barra on Google Plus