Rod Graves — Product Design Lead

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I design breakthrough computing experiences for billions of people. I currently lead a team at Google making Android more personal and helpful through AI.

Throughout my career, I've worked to address broad human needs through emerging technologies. I believe in the power of design to envision and realize a future that people want to live in through empathy, insight, and craft.

I was born in Victoria BC, moved to the Bay Area in 2007, and live on the San Francisco Peninsula with my wife and our three children.

Highlights from 10+ years of making computing better

2025
Pixel Magic Cue
2024
Pixel Screenshots
2023
Personal AI
2022
Multitasking and communal computing
2021
Pixel Tablet and Speaker Dock, voice control
2020
Material You SysUI, COVID-19 Exposure Notifications
2019
On-device search
2018
Gesture navigation
2017
Picture-in-picture
2016
Split Screen, app switching, Instant Apps
2015
Runtime permissions, nearby notifications