Google just announced a big shake up.
Andy Rubin, who founded and led Android, is stepping aside to work on other projects at Google.
In his place, Sundar Pichai will take the lead on Android.
Pichai already runs one of Google's major projects — Chrome. Chrome is a web-based operating system that has largely focused on traditional computing platforms like the laptop.
Chrome was developed alongside Android at Google, but clearly Android has become the bigger success.
In the release announcing Rubin's move, CEO Larry Page said Android is on 750 million devices. Chrome is just getting started on laptops. We'd be stunned if it was on more than a thousands of computers.
It's a bit of a mystery as to why Google has two operating systems.
Even Pichai admits that his own mother asks him about it. Last June he tried to explain it by saying, Android is for phones and tablets, but Chrome for desktop users who want to work in the cloud.
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