https://www.recode.net/2017/9/21/16338500/google-htc-pixel-phone-mixed-reality-team

Google is paying Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC $1.1 billion to hire about 2,000 of its engineers, plus to license some of its intellectual property.

Why is Google making another big bet on hardware? Especially after its experiment buying — and selling — Motorola wasn’t a big success?