Image source: Google and Fabric
Twitter’s mobile platform product, Fabric, has been acquired by Google.
In a blog post, Fabric is joining Google, Rich Paret, VP of Engineering & GM of Fabric wrote:
“When we launched Fabric in 2014, our goal was to provide the best tools to help developers create amazing apps. Since then, Fabric has evolved from a suite of tools for mobile developers to a powerful platform that helps entire teams build better apps, understand their users, and grow their business. In just two years, Fabric has grown to reach 2.5 billion active mobile devices, and Fabric's Crashlytics and Answers kits were recently recognized as the #1 SDKs for app stability and analytics. We are incredibly proud of the products we have built and grateful to this community of more than 580K passionate mobile developers.”
“Today we enter the next chapter for Fabric and are pleased to announce that we’ve signed an agreement for Fabric to be acquired by Google and for our team to join Google’s Developer Products Group, working with the Firebase team.”
Google’s Firebase team product manager, Francis Ma posted on a blog post:
“Today, we're excited to announce that we've signed an agreement to acquire Fabric to continue the great work that Twitter put into the platform. Fabric will join Google's Developer Product Group, working with the Firebase team. Our missions align closely: help developers build better apps and grow their business.”
“The integration of Fabric is part of our larger, long-term effort of delivering a comprehensive suite of features for iOS, Android and mobile Web app development.”