Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, voice assistance and engineering teams as part of cost-cutting measures.

       The cuts come as Google looks towards “responsibly investing in our company’s biggest priorities and the significant opportunities ahead,” the company said in a statement.

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       “Some teams are continuing to make these kinds of organizational changes, which include some role eliminations globally,” it said.

       Google earlier said it was eliminating a few hundred roles, with most of the impact on its augmented reality hardware team.