- Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google has asked suppliers to produce over 7 million of its upcoming Pixel 6 smartphones, double its entire phone shipments year-on-year, Nikkei Asia reports.
- The move marks Google’s attempts to grab market share from Huawei Technologies and ride a post-pandemic recovery in demand.
- Google aims explicitly to win market share from the top three smartphone makers, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (OTC:SSNLF), and Xiaomi Corp (OTC:XIACY) (OTC:XIACF). They have gained at Huawei’s expense.
- Google also asked suppliers to build over 5 million of its budget Pixel 5A phones showcased this spring. Its total smartphone shipments last year came to just 3.7 million, IDC said.
- Google is working on a new generation of the Pixelbook notebook computer that runs on Google’s ChromeOS.
- The Pixel 6 will remain in China after the pandemic disrupted Google’s plans to move to northern Vietnam.
- Google told suppliers that its position as the only U.S. maker of Android smartphones would help it boost business at home, in Europe, and Japan.
- Price Action: GOOG shares traded higher by 0.54% at $2,874 in the market session on the last check Tuesday.
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