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" 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. "

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" Things like WhatsApp are a great example of success that others have had on Android, which we see as welcome innovation on the platform. "

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" We don't expect Google as a first party service to provide all the answers. Part of the reason a platform is successful is because there are very very important things from other companies and other developers on top of the platform. "

" Users are trying to discover apps; we are trying to improve the app discovery process, and developers are trying to reach users. If you step back, it's a problem we solved with search and ads in search. "

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" We ship a new version of Google Play Services every six weeks. Typically, 90 percent of users are on the new version of that. "

" 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. "

" The right moral compass is trying hard to think about what customers want. "

" Android was intended to be very customizable. And we welcome innovations. "

" For people who use Google Wallet, the experience works. "

" 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. "

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" India has long been an exporter of talent to tech companies... But it is India that's now undergoing its own revolution. "

" The thing which attracted me to Google and to the Internet in general is that it's a great equalizer. I've always been struck by the fact that Google search worked the same, as long as you had access to a computer with connectivity, if you're a rural kid anywhere or a professor at Stanford or Harvard. "

Sundar Pichai

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" We have seen a lot of interest from Chinese developers on Google Play because the extent to which Android is used. If we can figure out a model by which we can serve those users, it would be a privilege to do so. So I don't think of China as a black hole. "

" 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. "

" The impact of giving someone a connected smartphone is no different from giving them a real computer. I look at how my kids learn and how different it is from how I learned because the impact of these things is just so huge. Sometimes I think we don't fully internalize what it is to get the power of knowledge in everyone's hand. "

" What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They're very demanding, regardless of background. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" When Larry and Sergey founded Google Search, one of the things that struck me is that it was available for everyone to use. We deeply desire our services to work for everyone. And that inherently means we have to work with partners. That is the thesis underlying everything we do. "

" The core of what Google is about is bringing information to people. "

" Google is all about information. So the notion of using and presenting information in the right point at the right time to users is what, in essence, describes Google. "

" Good companies do whatever it takes to make sure apps are great and don't hesitate to add features. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" There are seven billion people in the world. And I think phones are the first time most people will have access to a modern computing device. With Android, we want to enable that for people. "

" Android phones in China are more 'Android open source' rather than Android in the way we are all used to here. So a lot of phones don't have Google Play, etc. "

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Open

" I would love for my phone to scream if I am about to miss an important thing in my life and never bother me if I'm doing something very important and the information coming in is less important than what I'm doing. "

Sundar Pichai

Life

Love

" We're excited by the success of WhatsApp on top of Android. Amazon brings services like Kindle on top of Android. It's a competitive world and a lot more complex than people realize. 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. "

" There are many powerful men and women in mobile. I'm fortunate to be part of that group. But by no means do I think I'm the most powerful person. "

" Computing is evolving beyond phones, and people are using it in context across many scenarios, be it in their television, be it in their car, be it something they wear on their wrist or even something much more immersive. "

" 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

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