During a first-quarter earnings conference call today, Page was asked what Android's strategic value is to Google since the company is not licensing it and it's not making a significant chunk of revenue relative to its other ventures. Page dismissed the question as having a "short-term focus" and said that developing and pushing out Android was about much more than the bottom line.

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"We don't get many new operating systems and I think they're pretty important," said Page. "Android is about increasing the pace of innovation... We're only at the very early stages of what's possible."

Page said that Android has been useful in providing "great integration" across multiple Google services, including search, photo sharing and the Google+ social networking site. In the long run, Page predicted that such integration of services through Android would "lead to better economics for us" than current figures suggest.