Someone explain the firewall to me — Google says the new “Platform and Devices” team will let it move faster. Enlarge / Google HQ. Google is doing a major re-org of Android, Chrome, and the Google hardware division: They're merging! Google Hardware SVP Rick Osterloh will lead the new "Platforms and Devices” division. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google's previous head of software platforms like Android and ChromeOS, will be headed to "some new projects" at Google. "Having a unified team across Platfor...