Android And Chrome Operating Systems To Stay Separate, Eric Schmidt Says

Google Isn't Going To Let Android Take Over EVERYTHING
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt gestures as he addresses a gathering at the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) startup event in New Delhi on March 20, 2013. Schmidt is in the Indian capital to take part in the Big Tent Activate summit on March 21. AFP PHOTO/ MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt gestures as he addresses a gathering at the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) startup event in New Delhi on March 20, 2013. Schmidt is in the Indian capital to take part in the Big Tent Activate summit on March 21. AFP PHOTO/ MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/Getty Images)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Google Inc's Chrome and Android operating systems will remain separate products, although there could be more "commonality" between them, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Thursday.

Google last week announced that Android architect Andy Rubin was moving to a still-undefined role at the company, while Sundar Pichai, the executive overseeing its Chrome web browser and applications like Google Drive and Gmail, was taking over Rubin's responsibilities.

Schmidt also said any rumor that he may be leaving Google is "completely false." He was responding to a question on whether his plan to sell about 42 percent of his Google stake was a signal that he was leaving the world's No.1 search engine.

"Google is my home," he said, adding that he had no plans to take on a job in government.

(Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by Tony Munroe)

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