Hugo Barra debuting the second Nexus 7 in July in San Francisco.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
For the second time in less than a year, Android has suffered a major executive loss.
Android‘s vice president of product management, Hugo Barra, has left Google for Chinese firm Xiaomi. His resignation was first reported by All Things D.
Barra was an increasingly public face for Android, demonstrating new Android devices such as the July debut of the second Nexus 7 tablet throughout his five years at the company.
A Google spokesperson said that Barra would be missed at the company.
Android co-founder Andy Rubin relinquished leadership of the division in March to longtime Googler and Chrome honcho Sundar Pichai, although Rubin has stayed on at Google. Pichai congratulated Barra on his new job in a Google+ post, while Barra himself wrote that he would be joining the Xioami team in China “in a few weeks” as the vice president of Xioami’s global operations.
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