The source that claimed Google was downsizing their hardware division said that they moved "dozens" of employees. Just last year they finalized an acquisition of 2,000 employees from HTC. What difference is some dozens?

Furthermore, the source didn't exactly do a great job with their research. This is a direct quote:

>Pixelbook is a Chromebook, meaning it runs on Google's Chrome OS software and is only capable of using internet-based applications.