> ...search was already dominant and both YouTube and Android Easy to forget but Pichai-led Chrome team ensured Search stayed dominant in face of an increasing

> ...search was already dominant and both YouTube and Android Easy to forget but Pichai-led Chrome team ensured Search stayed dominant in face of an increasingly hostile Microsoft. Later, Pichai was handed the keys to all of Google Apps and Android with Rubin pushed out to Robotics. According to reports, Pichai was a key peacemaker in deals with Samsung and Xiaomi, who otherwise threatened to break away from the Open Handset Alliance. Pichai went to war and further tightened Google's grip on Android, dealt with Microsoft (CyanogenMod / patents), Amazon (FireOS), and Apple / Oracle (patents). This is discounting Pichai's track record with hardware: Chromebook and Chromecast. Probably hardware firsts for Google back in the day? As an outsider, it seems like Pichai sustained most if not all of Google's consumer products, bar YouTube and Nest.