I don't think too much significance should be placed on the fact that it's coming "from Google". As mentioned in the Readme, it's just code written by a couple

I don't think too much significance should be placed on the fact that it's coming "from Google". As mentioned in the Readme, it's just code written by a couple of Googlers that happens to be owned by Google. I think it will be interesting to see it get more fleshed out, though.