Google has removed all Android statues from its campus

Google has just removed all the Android statues from its campus in Mountain View. The area that housed the statues is now empty. It could be that the company has decided to carry out some renovations upstream of the Google I/O.

For several years, Google used toerect a new statue with each new version of Android. These iconic statues represented the official codename for the update. Thus, Google erected a statue showing an Oreo as a tribute to Android 8 Oreo and a statue illustrating a nougat for Android 7 Nougat.

By abandoning dessert names, Google broke tradition. The Mountain View giant hasn’t added a statue to its campus lawn since Android 10, known internally as Quince Tart. Android 11 (Red Velvet Cake), Android 12 (Snow Cone) and Android 12L (SnowCone v2) were not entitled to their statue.

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Until recently, however, the statues depicting previous versions of Android were still visible on the Google campus in Mountain View in front of Building 44. On campus, one could come across a total of 18 statues. Recently, the company had the figures moved from its territory. The statues have been moved back to a small park outside the visitor center for an unknown reason.

According to information relayed by our colleagues from Android Authority, Google has finally made the decision to make the statues disappear. Citing the testimonies of many visitors on Google Maps, the outlet claims that Google moved all the statues to an unknown location a few days ago.

“All the statues have been removed”, can we read on Maps. A surfer outbids is precise that “everything is completely empty”. Unfortunately, “there is no signage as to whether they will return or not”. Another visitor suggests that Google let the area degrade during the period of confinement, when visits were few.

“The whole area looks abandoned and the goodies store looks from the outside like those post-apocalyptic stores you see in video games and movies”, launches the visitor. The media theorizes that Google may have removed the statues in order to maintain and restore them ahead of Google I/O, the group’s annual conference. Testimonials suggest that the Android statues were in dire need of a lick of paint. Will they soon return to campus?

Source: Android Authority