Google's Android has too many flavors and Apple isn't the only one who thinks so - CNET

Google's Android has too many flavors and Apple isn't the only one who thinks so - CNET

Hiroshi Lockheimer, the chief of Google's mobile software, must both fend off Apple and fight Android "fragmentation." His modus operandi: Lighten up, everyone. Google Walking through Google's campus on a warm February afternoon, Hiroshi Lockheimer pauses and points to two tourists smiling at their outstretched selfie stick. The world-famous Googleplex is always filled with tourists, who come to gawk and admire the sprawling headquarters in the heart of Silicon Valley. "Ten years ago, I would have never imagined that," he says laughing, as we pass by. But it's actually kind of his fault that they're even there. Lockheimer is a big part of the reason smartphones are everywhere. For the past decade, he's helped craft Google's Android operating system, now the most popular mobile software on the planet. Five months ago, he became chief of Android, overseeing development and partnerships and strategizing on how to say ahead of Apple's iOS software for the iPhone and iPad .

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