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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.<ref name="Google+ Help">{{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|accessdate=March 19, 2019|work=Oi Marketing}}</ref><ref>{{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|accessdate=Oct 30, 2019}}</ref> |
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.<ref name="Google+ Help">{{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|accessdate=March 19, 2019|work=Oi Marketing}}</ref><ref>{{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|accessdate=Oct 30, 2019}}</ref> |
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As of June 2020, Google Currents is in Public Beta for G Suite Clients. |
As of June 2020, Google Currents is in Public Beta for G Suite Clients. A free trial can be requested.[https://gsuite.google.com/products/currents/ Currents: Have Meaningful Discussions at Work | G Suite]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.macobserver.com/news/google-currents-enterprise/|title=Google Currents is the Reanimated Corpse of Google+|date=Apr 11, 2019|website=The Mac Observer|accessdate=Oct 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{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=Apr 13, 2019|website=Tech Times|accessdate=Oct 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://social.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|accessdate=Oct 30, 2019}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
Revision as of 09:50, 29 August 2020
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Initial release | 2019 |
Platform | Android, iOS |
Website | gsuite.google.com/products/currents |
Google Currents, formerly known as Google+ for G Suite, is software developed by Google for internal enterprise communication.[1][2] It is one of the many products that constitute Google's G Suite line of products.[3]
Google Currents is unrelated to 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
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 G Suite Clients. A free trial can be requested.Currents: Have Meaningful Discussions at Work | G Suite[8][9][10]
See also
- Apache Wave
- Google Buzz
- Google+, the defunct and formerly related social network.
- Google Currents, the unrelated discontinued news app.
External links
References
- ^ 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 | TheINQUIRER". theinquirer.net. Apr 11, 2019. Retrieved Oct 30, 2019.
- ^ 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.