Pebble and Essential designer Liron Damir joins Google to work on Home products

Liron Damir, Pebble’s former VP of design and one of the leaders behind creating webOS for HP and LG, is heading to Google to serve as the new head of UX for Google Home, via Variety. Per Damir’s announcement on LinkedIn, he’ll be “lead[ing] the design of Google Home products,” in his new role at the company.Damir’s hire makes sense for Google
Damir leaves his position at Andy Rubin’s Essential, where he had served as head of UX for the startup’s u