Google Currents
Developer(s) | |
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Initial release | 2019 |
Platform | Android, iOS, Web |
Website | workspace |
Google Currents, formerly known as Google+ for G Suite, is software developed by Google for internal enterprise communication.[1][2] It is one of many products that constitute the Google Workspace line of products.[3]
Google Currents is different from the defunct Google app of the same name, which provided users with access to an electronic library of magazines from 2011 to 2013.[4][5]
History and development[edit]
Originally called Google+ for G Suite, Currents is the sole remnant of Google's defunct social network Google+, which the company shut down entirely for personal and brand use on April 2, 2019.[6][7]
As of June 2020, Google Currents is in Public Beta for Google Workspace clients. A free trial can be requested.[8][9][10]
On February 10, 2022, Google announced that it would be planning to "wind down" Google Currents and transition its users to Google Chat.[11]
See also[edit]
- Apache Wave
- Google Buzz
- Google+, the defunct and formerly related social network
- Google Currents (2011–2013), the unrelated discontinued news app
- Yammer, an analogous private social network for Microsoft 365 and Office 365 customers
References[edit]
- ^ Welch, Chris. "Google's new Currents app is its enterprise replacement for Google+". TheVerge.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ^ "Google plus for G Suite officially gone, rebranded as Google Currents". TechAnnouncement.in. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
- ^ Torres, JC. "Google Currents resurrected as G Suite's Google+ replacement". SlashGear.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
- ^ "Google Currents For iOS Now Called Google Play Newsstand Following Big Redesign". Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
- ^ "Google product replaces failed product, named after different failed product". The Inquirer. Apr 11, 2019. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Sanker, Kyle (March 19, 2019). "Shutting down Google+ for consumer (personal) accounts on April 2, 2019". Oi Marketing. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ "Google launches replacement for Google+ called Google Currents | IOL Business Report". www.iol.co.za. Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
- ^ "Google Currents is the Reanimated Corpse of Google+". The Mac Observer. Apr 11, 2019. Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
- ^ Velasco, Carl (Apr 13, 2019). "Google+ Is Back From The Dead … Sort Of". Tech Times. Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
- ^ "With consumer G+ dead, Currents hopes to make waves in the enterprise". Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
- ^ "The future of Currents and the next generation of collaboration in Spaces". Google Workspace Updates. Retrieved 2022-02-11.