> Does anyone actually believe a fancy AMP powered site isn't getting nice traffic boost from Google?

If they were to get a nice traffic boost, would it be because the site actually loads faster or because it was ranked higher. I think both would increase the traffic boost.

But the question is do the speed changes made (only regarding adding AMP) effect the PageRank

You’d have to be pretty daft to take their word for it. Google hasn’t played fair in the search space in over a decade.

Well, they may not be risking it, as the EU would happily give em another monstrous fine for that.