Software:Google Currents (social app)
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| Other names | Google+ for G Suite |
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| Initial release | 28 June 2011 |
| Platform | Android, iOS, Web app |
| Successor | Spaces in Google Chat |
| License | Proprietary |
Google Currents was a 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 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
- Google 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 customers
- linkedIn, business social media platform.
References
- ↑ Welch, Chris (April 10, 2019). "Google's new Currents app is its enterprise replacement for Google+". https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18305023/google-currents-replaces-plus-g-suite-new-app.
- ↑ "Google plus for G Suite officially gone, rebranded as Google Currents". July 7, 2020. https://www.techannouncement.in/tech-news/google-plus-for-g-suite-gone-rebranded-as-google-currents.
- ↑ Torres, JC (April 10, 2019). "Google Currents resurrected as G Suite's Google+ replacement". https://www.slashgear.com/google-currents-resurrected-as-g-suites-google-replacement-10572755/.
- ↑ "Google Currents For iOS Now Called Google Play Newsstand Following Big Redesign". September 23, 2014. http://social.techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/google-currents-for-ios-now-called-google-play-newsstand-following-big-redesign/.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "Google product replaces failed product, named after different failed product". April 11, 2019. https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3074035/google-currents-enterprise-official.
- ↑ "New community features for Google Chat and an update on Currents". April 12, 2023. https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/04/new-community-features-for-google-chat-and-an-update-currents%20.html.
- ↑ Sanker, Kyle (March 19, 2019). "Shutting down Google+ for consumer (personal) accounts on April 2, 2019". Oi Marketing. https://support.google.com/plus/answer/9195133.
- ↑ "Google launches replacement for Google+ called Google Currents | IOL Business Report". https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/technology/google-launches-replacement-for-google-called-google-currents-20966583.
- ↑ "Google Currents is the Reanimated Corpse of Google+". April 11, 2019. https://www.macobserver.com/news/google-currents-enterprise/.
- ↑ Velasco, Carl (April 13, 2019). "Google+ Is Back From The Dead … Sort Of". https://www.techtimes.com/articles/241320/20190413/google-is-back-from-the-dead…-sort-of.htm.
- ↑ "With consumer G+ dead, Currents hopes to make waves in the enterprise". April 11, 2019. http://social.techcrunch.com/2019/04/10/with-consumer-g-dead-currents-hopes-to-make-waves-in-the-enterprise/.
- ↑ "The future of Currents and the next generation of collaboration in Spaces" (in en). http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2022/02/currents-spaces-migration.html.
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