Founded by the Android creator Andy Rubin, Essential company lost one more, already the third key employee. Liron Damir, who occupied the role of the head of UI development in Essential, moved to work at Google.

Damir will design the interface for smart home devices, in particular the Google Home column. Prior to Essential, he worked as an interface designer in Pebble and webOS.

In the coming weeks Essential will launch its first smartphone, several accessories for it and a smart column. The smartphone was supposed to appear on sale in early July, but something went wrong (which, Andy Rubin did not tell).