Google Currents (social app)
{{short description|Software developed by Google for internal enterprise communication}}
{{About|the enterprise communication tool|the defunct magazine app|Google Currents (news app)}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = Google Currents
| logo = Google Currents 2019 Logo.svg
| 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
| website = {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104135331/https://workspace.google.com/products/currents//|title=Google Currents' Introduction & Features|date=January 4 2022}}
| discontinued = yes
}}
Google Currents was a software application developed by Google for internal enterprise communication.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18305023/google-currents-replaces-plus-g-suite-new-app |title=Google's new Currents app is its enterprise replacement for Google+ |author=Welch, Chris |website=TheVerge.com |date=April 10, 2019 |access-date=September 4, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.techannouncement.in/tech-news/google-plus-for-g-suite-gone-rebranded-as-google-currents|title=Google plus for G Suite officially gone, rebranded as Google Currents |website=TechAnnouncement.in |date=July 7, 2020 |access-date=July 7, 2020 |author1=Admin }} It is one of many products that constitute the Google Workspace line of products.{{cite web|url=https://www.slashgear.com/google-currents-resurrected-as-g-suites-google-replacement-10572755/ |title=Google Currents resurrected as G Suite's Google+ replacement |author=Torres, JC |website=SlashGear.com |date=April 10, 2019 |access-date=September 4, 2019}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/09/23/google-currents-for-ios-now-called-google-play-newsstand-following-big-redesign/|title=Google Currents For iOS Now Called Google Play Newsstand Following Big Redesign|date=September 23, 2014|access-date=October 30, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3074035/google-currents-enterprise-official|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412132856/https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3074035/google-currents-enterprise-official|url-status=unfit|archive-date=April 12, 2019|title=Google product replaces failed product, named after different failed product |date=April 11, 2019|website=The Inquirer |access-date=October 30, 2019}} 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.{{cite web |date=April 12, 2023 |title=New community features for Google Chat and an update on Currents |url=https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/04/new-community-features-for-google-chat-and-an-update-currents%20.html |access-date=August 4, 2023 |website=Google Workspace Updates}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://support.google.com/plus/answer/9195133|title=Shutting down Google+ for consumer (personal) accounts on April 2, 2019|first=Kyle|last= Sanker|date=March 19, 2019|access-date=March 19, 2019|work=Oi Marketing}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/technology/google-launches-replacement-for-google-called-google-currents-20966583|title=Google launches replacement for Google+ called Google Currents | IOL Business Report|website=www.iol.co.za|access-date=October 30, 2019}}
In June 2020, Google Currents was in Public Beta for Google Workspace clients. A free trial could also be requested.{{Cite web|url=https://www.macobserver.com/news/google-currents-enterprise/|title=Google Currents is the Reanimated Corpse of Google+|date=April 11, 2019|website=The Mac Observer|access-date=October 30, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.techtimes.com/articles/241320/20190413/google-is-back-from-the-dead…-sort-of.htm|title=Google+ Is Back From The Dead … Sort Of|first=Carl|last=Velasco|date=April 13, 2019|website=Tech Times|access-date=October 30, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/10/with-consumer-g-dead-currents-hopes-to-make-waves-in-the-enterprise/|title=With consumer G+ dead, Currents hopes to make waves in the enterprise|date=April 11, 2019|access-date=October 30, 2019}}
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.{{Cite web|title=The future of Currents and the next generation of collaboration in Spaces|url=http://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2022/02/currents-spaces-migration.html|access-date=February 11, 2022|website=Google Workspace Updates|language=en}}
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
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External links
- {{Official website|https://workspace.google.com/products/currents}}
{{Google LLC}}
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Category:Android (operating system) software
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