I'm not a defender of Google, but my sense has always been that tech generally slowed around that time. Would like to know if I'm missing something
Apple also shipped the M series chips, revitalized the Mac line as a result, and been giving proper attention to the iPad, finally.
Amazon has been innovating in logistics and Alexa is (was?) a genuine innovation when it came out. I think, ironically, AWS lacks a lot of innovation to pivot to more user friendliness and understand-ability, but its its still growing strong.
Google has been more flatfooted by comparison, with more product closures than successful projects, period, let alone hits.
Apple M1 Apple Watch Airpods Their streaming service
Amazon also has a more decent content strategy (eg why they bid on the NFL rights) than both Apple and Google.
Moving to a completely different architecture is a big deal, launching their own architecture is an even bigger one. I am astonished at how readily it was accepted, how well it seems to have delivered (I don't own any of their newer products yet), and how smooth the transition seems to have been for OS users and software vendors.
It's a huge deal, far more interesting than individual products like the watch or earbuds (successful though those are, they're not paradigm shifts).