Google Reportedly Plans to Move All Pixel Production Out of China

In recent years, Google has expanded its manufacturing capacity in Vietnam and India, though a significant share of Pixel products is still made in China. According to the reports, Google moved production of some of its high-end Pixel phones to Vietnam this year and was satisfied with the results. Because smartphones are more complex to build than watches or earbuds, that success reportedly gave the company confidence to shift the rest of its lineup.

Google's manufacturing partners, including Compal, Foxconn, and Pegatron, have already grown their production in India and Vietnam, according to Tom's Hardware, although China still accounts for a meaningful portion of their capacity. Tom's Hardware noted that Vietnam is attractive to Google partly because Samsung has already built an extensive smartphone manufacturing ecosystem there. If the plan proceeds, Google would become the second major smartphone brand after Samsung to move phone production away from China.

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