Don't rub hot spots! Google CEO: The next growth point is still search, not metaversity

Google's CEO believes that Google's future still lies in its oldest products: search engines and artificial intelligence.

This week, Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and its parent company Alphabet, said in an interview at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore that Google's future still lies in Internet search.

"I feel fortunate that our mission is timeless," he said, "and we need to gather organizational information more than ever." ”

Earlier this month, Alphabet's market capitalization briefly topped $2 trillion due to increased sales and profits during the pandemic. Asked where the next trillion dollars will come from, Pichai predicted that consumers will ask computers more questions through voice and "multi-modal experiences." "Being able to adapt to all of this and evolve search will continue to be the biggest opportunity," the CEO said.

Since taking office in 2015, Pichai has pushed Google deep into cloud computing and artificial intelligence. In the interview, he cited Google's key growth businesses — the cloud, YouTube video services and app stores — and said AI investments are the "foundation" of every business.

Some of Google's biggest competitors, such as Microsoft and Facebook, have positioned their future direction in the metacosm. Although Google has made some attempts on AR and VR, it has achieved little success, of which Google Glass is the most famous. These glasses were officially discontinued in 2015.

"I've always been excited about the future of immersive computing," he said. "But that doesn't belong to any company. This is the evolution of the Internet. ”

Followers of the metaverse often talk about the potential of new technologies, such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies. With the exception of some cloud business partners, Google has largely avoided this part of the industry.

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