Before joining Google, Chris McKillop worked at Apple and participated in the development of the first version of iPhone OS (which later became iOS), and even earlier joined Palm, which was acquired by HP, and was one of the founding team members of webOS. It shows that his career experience is all around operating system research and development, so it is expected that Chris McKillop will also invest in specific operating system product development in the future.
Although Google has confirmed the existence of Fuchsia OS, in addition to stating that it will not replace the existing Android with this operating system, and it is currently only applied to the new version of NEST Hub, the overall direction of the actual application of this operating system has not been much ink. In the earlier news, it was reported that Chris McKillop, the product leader and engineering director of Fuchsia OS, had left Google, which obviously cast a shadow over the future development of this operating system.
Chris McKillop revealed on his personal Twitter page earlier that he had left Google, which means that during his 10-year tenure at Google, he not only led the Fuchsia OS product team, but also assisted in the establishment of the Flutter project team, an open source mobile application software development kit, and also briefly participated in Android TV product development.
The Fuchsia OS product team subsequently confirmed that Chris McKillop had left, but did not disclose the specific reasons for his departure, and Chris McKillop only said that he would face the next adventure challenge.
Today, after 10 years, I』ve left Google. The team working on #Fuchsia is one the best ever assembled – I expect great things to come from them in the future. Time for my next adventure – will share more next week. pic.twitter.com/ocEq2L2rOa
— Chris McKillop (@chrismckillop) March 25, 2022
Before joining Google, Chris McKillop worked at Apple and participated in the development of the first version of iPhone OS (which later became iOS), and even earlier joined Palm, which was acquired by HP, and was one of the founding team members of webOS. It shows that his career experience is all around operating system research and development, so it is expected that Chris McKillop will also invest in specific operating system product development in the future.
As for whether Google will continue to develop Fuchsia OS after the departure of Chris McKillop, it is still uncertain.