Nick Sears, Co-Founder of Android, on building the operating system on 70% of the world's phones!

Nick was instrumental in ideating and making the Android operating system into a reality, which has become the main system most of the world uses for all internet needs. Holding various roles in all areas to get the project from an idea to launch, Nick recounts how the path to build it happened, what went into making the system work, and so much more! A fascinating story of one of the most important disruptions that enabled the scale of the mobile device industry.During the course of his nearly 8 years at Google, Android became an incredible breakout product for the company and today there are over 3 billion active Android based phones, tablets, and watches. The contributions Nick has made to the world are tremendous and gave so many a high quality user experience! Android is dominant because of the principals Nick set into motion, make the system seamless, intuitive, and engaging while not taking up too much energy. Nick is also a prolific musician, having created soundtracks and music for entertainment like films and movies. His company Flashmouth Studios is producing an Audio Drama coming out later in 2025 and the team behind it has done millions of streams on their musical work beforehand.