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Google has announced a series of layoffs as part of organisational reforms.

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Discontinued features include playing audiobooks, setting media alarms, managing cookbooks, and more, while voice commands for certain actions will no longer be supported.

In a major layoff round, Alphabet's Google has reportedly let go of over 1,000 staff members, expanding beyond the hardware team.

Google is removing 17 underutilized features from Google Assistant.

Some affected functionalities include using voice commands to play and control audiobooks on Google Play Books, setting media alarms on Assistant-enabled devices, and managing cookbooks or instructional recipe videos.

In a major restructuring move, Google has announced the layoff of hundreds of employees spanning various divisions, including the Voice Assistant unit, hardware teams handling Pixel, Nest and Fitbit, as well as a substantial portion of the augmented reality (AR) team.

Google announced the elimination of a hundred positions in the augmented reality hardware division to align with Google and Alphabet executives’ commitment to cost reduction. Read more.

Alphabet Inc.s Google is laying off hundreds of people working on its digital assistant, hardware and engineering teams as part of a continued effort to lower costs and prioritize efforts around artificial intelligence.

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