Google Currents (social app) explained
Google Currents |
Other Names: | Google+ for G Suite |
Developer: | Google |
Released: | 28 June 2011 |
Platform: | Android, iOS, Web app |
Replaced By: | Spaces in Google Chat |
License: | Proprietary |
Discontinued: | yes |
Google Currents was a software application 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 was different from the also defunct Google app of the same name, which provided users with access to an electronic library of magazines from 2011 to 2013.[4] [5] It was replaced by the Spaces feature in Google Chat in March 2023. Google announced shutting down for business and education on July 5, 2023.[6]
History and development
Originally called Google+ for G Suite, Currents was, up until its closure in 2023, 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.[7] [8]
In June 2020, Google Currents was in Public Beta for Google Workspace clients. A free trial could also be requested.[9] [10] [11]
On February 10, 2022, Google announced that it would be planning to "wind down" Google Currents and transition its users to the Spaces feature in Google Chat the next year.[12]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Google's new Currents app is its enterprise replacement for Google+ . Welch, Chris . TheVerge.com . April 10, 2019 . September 4, 2019.
- Web site: Google plus for G Suite officially gone, rebranded as Google Currents . TechAnnouncement.in . July 7, 2020 . July 7, 2020.
- Web site: Google Currents resurrected as G Suite's Google+ replacement . Torres, JC . SlashGear.com . April 10, 2019 . September 4, 2019.
- Web site: Google Currents For iOS Now Called Google Play Newsstand Following Big Redesign. September 23, 2014. October 30, 2019.
- Web site: Google product replaces failed product, named after different failed product . https://web.archive.org/web/20190412132856/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3074035/google-currents-enterprise-official. unfit. April 12, 2019. April 11, 2019. . October 30, 2019.
- Web site: April 12, 2023 . New community features for Google Chat and an update on Currents . August 4, 2023 . Google Workspace Updates.
- Web site: Shutting down Google+ for consumer (personal) accounts on April 2, 2019. Kyle. Sanker. March 19, 2019. March 19, 2019. Oi Marketing.
- Web site: Google launches replacement for Google+ called Google Currents | IOL Business Report. www.iol.co.za. October 30, 2019.
- Web site: Google Currents is the Reanimated Corpse of Google+. April 11, 2019. The Mac Observer. October 30, 2019.
- Web site: Google+ Is Back From The Dead … Sort Of. Carl. Velasco. April 13, 2019. Tech Times. October 30, 2019.
- Web site: With consumer G+ dead, Currents hopes to make waves in the enterprise. April 11, 2019. October 30, 2019.
- Web site: The future of Currents and the next generation of collaboration in Spaces. February 11, 2022. Google Workspace Updates. en.