Looking at his resume on LinkedIn, his short stay is something of an anomaly. Foster previously held posts at Apple, Amazon and IBM for almost six years each. Google is where he stayed the shortest amount of time, behind 13-month stints at both Gibson Guitar and SuperMac Technology.

Bloomberg's sources say that the search juggernaut won't be replacing Foster either. At least not immediately. Which makes us wonder what Google has up its sleeve for this year's round of hardware. It's rumored that the big G will unveil a pair of new Pixel devices this year, and seeing a new version of the Home smart speaker wouldn't be too surprising either. With I/O around the corner, we might not have to wait long to find out.