Sources: Google has told suppliers it plans to move all Pixel phone, smartwatch, and wireless earbud manufacturing out of China in 2027 amid US-China tensions
THE SO WHAT
Device supply chains are being re-architected on a 3–5 year horizon, not a 12–18 month one. If your hardware or critical components still concentrate in a single jurisdiction, treat 2027 as the outer limit to diversify, not a distant date on someone else’s roadmap.
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