Google Currents (social app)

This article is about the enterprise communication tool. For the defunct magazine app, see Google Currents (news app).

Google Currents
Other namesGoogle+ for G Suite
Developer(s)Google
Initial release28 June 2011
PlatformAndroid, iOS, Web app
SuccessorSpaces in Google Chat
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteGoogle Currents' Introduction & Features at the Wayback Machine (archived 2022-01-04)

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]

  1. ^ Welch, Chris (April 10, 2019). "Google's new Currents app is its enterprise replacement for Google+". TheVerge.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Google plus for G Suite officially gone, rebranded as Google Currents". TechAnnouncement.in. July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  3. ^ Torres, JC (April 10, 2019). "Google Currents resurrected as G Suite's Google+ replacement". SlashGear.com. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "Google Currents For iOS Now Called Google Play Newsstand Following Big Redesign". September 23, 2014. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "Google product replaces failed product, named after different failed product". The Inquirer. April 11, 2019. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "New community features for Google Chat and an update on Currents". Google Workspace Updates. April 12, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.