Google has told suppliers it plans to have all of its Pixel smartphones, watches and wireless earbuds produced outside of China starting next year amid ongoing Washington-Beijing tensions, Nikkei Asia has learned. Google has been aggressively expanding capacity in Vietnam and India to lower its dependency on China in recent years, though a significant portion of its production remains in the country. The successful development and production of high-end Pixel phones in Vietnam this year — which is more complicated than smartwatches and earbuds — gave Google the confidence to proceed with the 2027 timeline for moving all Pixel production out of China, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. If realized, the move would make Google the second global brand after Samsung to decouple its smartphone production from China.

Full report : : Google has told suppliers it plans to move all Pixel phone, smartwatch, and wireless earbud manufacturing out of China in 2027 amid US-China tensions.