For years, Google's empire was a mess of disconnected gadgets. A new plan to merge Android and ChromeOS aims to finally build a true Apple killer, and the stakes have never been higher

Sameer Samat presently heads the Android development team at Google, where he was responsible for crucial decisions for the future of the platform.

Samat said that at 3:00 am, he sent an email to Sergey Brin seeking advice on whether to pursue his startup or attend graduate school.

Google's Android chief Sameer Samat once cold-emailed Sergey Brin at 3 a.m. for career advice, leading to a surprise job offer.

Sameer Samat told Business Insider that sending one late-night email to Google's Sergey Brin changed his career trajectory.

Google is known for killing products, but is this a form of death for ChromeOS or a transformation? It will depend on if Google actually focuses on making a platform built for the regular laptop user or if it merely paints ChromeOS over with the bold yet all-too-tacky Material 3 Expressive aesthetic.

My conversation with Sameer Samat, Android’s daddy…er…the President of Android Ecosystem at Google, started with him quizzing me.Perhaps he noticed my MacBook Pro or the Apple Watch on my wrist. I did make sure to at least record the interview with the lovely new Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 I’m testing,