{"id":54899,"date":"2020-07-27T23:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-27T23:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2675494"},"modified":"2020-07-27T23:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T23:58:00","slug":"google-pixel-smartphone-chaos-could-continue-into-2021-as-company-extends-work-from-home-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/27\/google-pixel-smartphone-chaos-could-continue-into-2021-as-company-extends-work-from-home-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pixel smartphone chaos could continue into 2021 as company extends work from home policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-1683.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/article\/126203-two_350\/Google-Pixel-smartphone-chaos-could-continue-into-2021-as-company-extends-work-from-home-policy.webp\" alt=\"Google Pixel smartphone chaos could continue into 2021 as company extends work from home policy\" width=\"484\" height=\"322\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"parser-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/google\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google&nbsp;<\/a>employees will not be returning to their offices until at least July 2021, reports&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/google-to-keep-employees-home-until-summer-2021-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-11595854201\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>Previously, the plan was to let the staff work from home through the end of the year amid the&nbsp;coronavirus outbreak.<\/div>\n<div>Employees whose role requires&nbsp;in-person presence will be going back to work. Others have the option to perform their duties remotely through June 30 next year.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Although Google is the first major US company to extend the work from home policy for so long, a couple of others such as&nbsp;<a class=\"previewtooltip\" title=\"Work from home is Twitter&rsquo;s new normal forever\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/Work-from-home-is-Twitters-new-normal_id124589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"124589\" data-type=\"article\">Twitter&nbsp;<\/a>have made remote work their new normal. The search giant&#8217;s decision is expected to affect most of its 200,000 full-time and contract employees. It covers staffers in most of its major offices in the US, UK, Brazil, India, and elsewhere.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<h2>How will this decision affect the 2021 Pixel lineup?<\/h2>\n<div>The move could have serious implications for Google&#8217;s upcoming hardware, including its&nbsp;<a class=\"green affiliate-keywords\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/offer-listing\/B072N3GKSM?SubscriptionId=AKIAJV7NECSNR3W5NIWA&amp;tag=phone1e1d-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=386001&amp;creativeASIN=B072N3GKSM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored noreferrer\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-item-id=\"486\" data-original-title=\"view on Amazon\" data-amzn-asin=\"B072N3GKSM\">Pixel<\/a>&nbsp;line of phones. This year&#8217;s lineup, which reportedly includes the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/google-pixel-5-xl-release-date-price-features-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pixel 5<\/a>, Pixel 4a, and&nbsp;<a class=\"previewtooltip\" title=\"Pixel 4a (5G) is apparently on the way too and it will have the same chip as the Pixel 5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/Pixel-4a-5G-to-be-powered-by-Snapdragon-765G_id125862\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"125862\" data-type=\"article\">Pixel 4a (5G)<\/a>&nbsp;is already subject to chaos. The decision to have most of its staff work remotely can derail its next year&#8217;s plans too.<\/div>\n<div>Previously, we were hearing that next year&#8217;s Pixel 6 will have a&nbsp;<a class=\"previewtooltip\" title=\"Google Pixel 6 may use a custom Samsung-made processor, keep Qualcomm for 5G only\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/Google-Pixel-6-may-use-a-custom-Samsung-made-processor-keep-Qualcomm-for-5G-only_id124045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"124045\" data-type=\"article\">Google-made chip<\/a>, but given the new announcement, it remains to be seen how things proceed. The&nbsp;<a class=\"previewtooltip\" title=\"Tipster 100% confident Google Pixel 4a will launch on August 3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/Google-Pixel-4a-launch-date_id126186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"126186\" data-type=\"article\">Pixel 4a&#8217;s launch<\/a>&nbsp;has been disrupted because of the pandemic and thus it&#8217;s only natural to assume that the company&#8217;s upcoming phones will be affected even more. In addition to that, even Nest and server hardware production will likely be impacted.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Google&#8217;s Pixel phones are apparently&nbsp;<a class=\"previewtooltip\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/Google-to-move-Pixel-production-out-of-China_id118510\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"118510\" data-type=\"article\" data-original-title=\"Google to double Pixel production this year; company is moving out of China and into Vietnam\">manufactured in&nbsp;Vietnam<\/a>&nbsp;and earlier it was said to be moving the production of Nest and server gear to Taiwan and Malaysia. Since Google HQ is in the US, work from home could seriously affect the prototyping and testing phases. That said, since travel restrictions are easing up, we will have to wait and see how things turn out.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/Google-extends-remote-work-policy-until-mid-2021_id126203\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/Google-extends-remote-work-policy-until-mid-2021_id126203<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Anam Hamid<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Anam Hamid<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4126-logo-1-1683.png\" alt=\"\">Google&nbsp;employees will not be returning to their offices until at least July 2021, reports&nbsp;The Wall Street Journal. 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