The Google

The Google graveyard: all the products Google has shut down

Introduction

Google releases a lot of products, but it shuts down a lot of them, too. Some didn’t deserve to be discontinued (we pine for the days of Reader and Inbox), and some probably weren’t long for this world from the start. (What was Google Wave supposed to be, anyway?) The company actually used to shut down products with quarterly “spring cleanings,” but now, it just does so whenever it’s time for another product to be put out to pasture.
Follow along here for all our coverage of everything Google sends to the graveyard.

Google is officially dumping Assistant for Gemini

Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results

Saluting the Chromecast, one of the great HDMI dongles

Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

Google is ending an experiment that let you annotate search results

PDF organizer Stack is the latest app to hit the Google graveyard

Google is killing infinite scroll on search results

Today I learned there is a messaging service in Google Maps, and now it’s going away

Google is shutting down developer access to Google Fit APIs.

The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard

Not everyone is losing Google Podcasts after today.

Google Podcasts’ time is almost up.

Google Pay replaced Google Wallet — now it’s going away to make room for Google Wallet

Google Search’s cache links are officially being retired

Hey Google, I was using that button!

Google Assistant Driving Mode will shut down in February

Google removes 17 features from Google Assistant

Google is losing its Fitbit leaders and laying off hundreds of AR employees

Google is finally saying goodbye to Google Play Movies & TV

You can listen to podcasts through Google Podcasts until March 2024.

Google News hammers the final nail into its magazine subscriptions coffin.

Google’s whiteboarding app is joining the graveyard

Google Podcasts is going to the graveyard as YouTube Music takes over

Gmail’s basic HTML view will go to the Google graveyard in 2024

Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones

We need Google Reader more than ever.

Who killed Google Reader?

Google has reportedly killed its Project Iris augmented reality glasses

Google sunsets Domains business and shovels it off to Squarespace

The real Q project.

RIP Google Currents.

Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement

Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024

Google Stadia is how you shut down a service right

Google’s Duplex on the Web joins the Google graveyard.

Google’s worst hardware flop was introduced 10 years ago today

Google’s handy scrollable Snapshot of your day has disappeared from phones

A very brief history of every Google messaging app

Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

Google to shut down Android Things, a smart home OS that never took off

Google discontinues its Google Nest Secure alarm system

Google kills off app that let you check in on loved ones during an emergency

Android 11 officially drops support for Google’s Daydream VR

Google is delaying the shutdown of Chrome apps, but you probably weren’t using them anyway

Google Plus is officially gone after its mobile apps are rebranded as Google Currents

These engineers are trying to rescue a ‘Bookbot’ from the Google graveyard

Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used anyhow

What we can learn from a decade of dead Google projects

Google is shutting down its Cloud Print feature in 2020

Google is open sourcing Cardboard now that the Daydream is dead

Google Clips is dead

Google is discontinuing the Daydream View VR headset, and the Pixel 4 won’t support Daydream

Google finally gives Reader the respect it deserves with an actual gravestone

Google Hire is the next Google tool to be shut down

YouTube discontinues private messages to focus on keeping things public

Google shuts down Nest app for Apple Watch and Wear OS

How to replace Google’s Trips app

The YouTube Gaming app is shutting down this week

Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, provides extension on existing connections

Google’s Nest changes risk making the smart home a little dumber

Google ends sales of the Pixel 2 and 2 XL

Google+ is officially deleting consumer data starting April 2nd

The original Google Hangouts will start to disappear this October

Google discontinues Chromecast Audio, but you can grab one for $15 while supplies last

Google halted Chinese data collection program after Dragonfly backlash

Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak

Google is ending Play Service support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Google is shutting down Allo

Google is shutting down Google+ for consumers following security lapse

Google’s Inbox app is shutting down in March 2019

Google Goggles is dead; long live Google Lens

Google is starting to phase out the old Gmail design

Google is using the impending death of its blob emoji to promote Allo

Google is finally replacing its bad emoji blobs in Android O

Google is killing Gchat for good and replacing it with Hangouts

Google is shutting down Spaces, its experimental group messaging app

Google confirms the end of its modular Project Ara smartphone

Google will end support for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux

Google will shut down Picasa this spring

Google takes the ‘last step’ to shut down its failed social network Buzz

Google Reader to shut down July 1st

Google discontinues Listen podcast app, Google Apps for Teams, and Google Video for Business

Google’s latest ‘spring cleaning’ moves all video content to YouTube, kills iGoogle and Symbian Search app

Google Wave is officially dead starting today

Google’s spring cleaning ends support for BlackBerry Sync, Picasa plug-ins for iPhoto, and more

Google kills off more experimental services, including Wave, Gears, and Knol

Google Buzz to shut down in a few weeks, Google Labs dies today

Key Insights

  • What is The Google?

    Google releases a lot of products, but it shuts down a lot of them, too. Some didn’t deserve to be discontinued (we pine for the days of Reader and Inbox), and some probably weren’t long for this world from the start. (What was Google Wave supposed to be, anyway?) The company actually used to shut down products with quarterly “spring cleanings,” but now, it just does so whenever it’s time for another product to be put out to pasture.
    Follow along here for all our coverage of everything Google sends to the graveyard.

    Google is officially dumping Assistant for Gemini

    Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results

    Saluting the Chromecast, one of the great HDMI dongles

    Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

    Google is ending an experiment that let you annotate search results

    PDF organizer Stack is the latest app to hit the Google graveyard

    Google is killing infinite scroll on search results

    Today I learned there is a messaging service in Google Maps, and now it’s going away

    Google is shutting down developer access to Google Fit APIs.

    The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard

    Not everyone is losing Google Podcasts after today.

    Google Podcasts’ time is almost up.

    Google Pay replaced Google Wallet — now it’s going away to make room for Google Wallet

    Google Search’s cache links are officially being retired

    Hey Google, I was using that button!

    Google Assistant Driving Mode will shut down in February

    Google removes 17 features from Google Assistant

    Google is losing its Fitbit leaders and laying off hundreds of AR employees

    Google is finally saying goodbye to Google Play Movies & TV

    You can listen to podcasts through Google Podcasts until March 2024.

    Google News hammers the final nail into its magazine subscriptions coffin.

    Google’s whiteboarding app is joining the graveyard

    Google Podcasts is going to the graveyard as YouTube Music takes over

    Gmail’s basic HTML view will go to the Google graveyard in 2024

    Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones

    We need Google Reader more than ever.

    Who killed Google Reader?

    Google has reportedly killed its Project Iris augmented reality glasses

    Google sunsets Domains business and shovels it off to Squarespace

    The real Q project.

    RIP Google Currents.

    Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement

    Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024

    Google Stadia is how you shut down a service right

    Google’s Duplex on the Web joins the Google graveyard.

    Google’s worst hardware flop was introduced 10 years ago today

    Google’s handy scrollable Snapshot of your day has disappeared from phones

    A very brief history of every Google messaging app

    Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

    Google to shut down Android Things, a smart home OS that never took off

    Google discontinues its Google Nest Secure alarm system

    Google kills off app that let you check in on loved ones during an emergency

    Android 11 officially drops support for Google’s Daydream VR

    Google is delaying the shutdown of Chrome apps, but you probably weren’t using them anyway

    Google Plus is officially gone after its mobile apps are rebranded as Google Currents

    These engineers are trying to rescue a ‘Bookbot’ from the Google graveyard

    Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used anyhow

    What we can learn from a decade of dead Google projects

    Google is shutting down its Cloud Print feature in 2020

    Google is open sourcing Cardboard now that the Daydream is dead

    Google Clips is dead

    Google is discontinuing the Daydream View VR headset, and the Pixel 4 won’t support Daydream

    Google finally gives Reader the respect it deserves with an actual gravestone

    Google Hire is the next Google tool to be shut down

    YouTube discontinues private messages to focus on keeping things public

    Google shuts down Nest app for Apple Watch and Wear OS

    How to replace Google’s Trips app

    The YouTube Gaming app is shutting down this week

    Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, provides extension on existing connections

    Google’s Nest changes risk making the smart home a little dumber

    Google ends sales of the Pixel 2 and 2 XL

    Google+ is officially deleting consumer data starting April 2nd

    The original Google Hangouts will start to disappear this October

    Google discontinues Chromecast Audio, but you can grab one for $15 while supplies last

    Google halted Chinese data collection program after Dragonfly backlash

    Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak

    Google is ending Play Service support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

    Google is shutting down Allo

    Google is shutting down Google+ for consumers following security lapse

    Google’s Inbox app is shutting down in March 2019

    Google Goggles is dead; long live Google Lens

    Google is starting to phase out the old Gmail design

    Google is using the impending death of its blob emoji to promote Allo

    Google is finally replacing its bad emoji blobs in Android O

    Google is killing Gchat for good and replacing it with Hangouts

    Google is shutting down Spaces, its experimental group messaging app

    Google confirms the end of its modular Project Ara smartphone

    Google will end support for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux

    Google will shut down Picasa this spring

    Google takes the ‘last step’ to shut down its failed social network Buzz

    Google Reader to shut down July 1st

    Google discontinues Listen podcast app, Google Apps for Teams, and Google Video for Business

    Google’s latest ‘spring cleaning’ moves all video content to YouTube, kills iGoogle and Symbian Search app

    Google Wave is officially dead starting today

    Google’s spring cleaning ends support for BlackBerry Sync, Picasa plug-ins for iPhoto, and more

    Google kills off more experimental services, including Wave, Gears, and Knol

    Google Buzz to shut down in a few weeks, Google Labs dies today

  • Why is The Google important?

    Google releases a lot of products, but it shuts down a lot of them, too. Some didn’t deserve to be discontinued (we pine for the days of Reader and Inbox), and some probably weren’t long for this world from the start. (What was Google Wave supposed to be, anyway?) The company actually used to shut down products with quarterly “spring cleanings,” but now, it just does so whenever it’s time for another product to be put out to pasture.
    Follow along here for all our coverage of everything Google sends to the graveyard.

    Google is officially dumping Assistant for Gemini

    Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results

    Saluting the Chromecast, one of the great HDMI dongles

    Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

    Google is ending an experiment that let you annotate search results

    PDF organizer Stack is the latest app to hit the Google graveyard

    Google is killing infinite scroll on search results

    Today I learned there is a messaging service in Google Maps, and now it’s going away

    Google is shutting down developer access to Google Fit APIs.

    The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard

    Not everyone is losing Google Podcasts after today.

    Google Podcasts’ time is almost up.

    Google Pay replaced Google Wallet — now it’s going away to make room for Google Wallet

    Google Search’s cache links are officially being retired

    Hey Google, I was using that button!

    Google Assistant Driving Mode will shut down in February

    Google removes 17 features from Google Assistant

    Google is losing its Fitbit leaders and laying off hundreds of AR employees

    Google is finally saying goodbye to Google Play Movies & TV

    You can listen to podcasts through Google Podcasts until March 2024.

    Google News hammers the final nail into its magazine subscriptions coffin.

    Google’s whiteboarding app is joining the graveyard

    Google Podcasts is going to the graveyard as YouTube Music takes over

    Gmail’s basic HTML view will go to the Google graveyard in 2024

    Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones

    We need Google Reader more than ever.

    Who killed Google Reader?

    Google has reportedly killed its Project Iris augmented reality glasses

    Google sunsets Domains business and shovels it off to Squarespace

    The real Q project.

    RIP Google Currents.

    Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement

    Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024

    Google Stadia is how you shut down a service right

    Google’s Duplex on the Web joins the Google graveyard.

    Google’s worst hardware flop was introduced 10 years ago today

    Google’s handy scrollable Snapshot of your day has disappeared from phones

    A very brief history of every Google messaging app

    Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

    Google to shut down Android Things, a smart home OS that never took off

    Google discontinues its Google Nest Secure alarm system

    Google kills off app that let you check in on loved ones during an emergency

    Android 11 officially drops support for Google’s Daydream VR

    Google is delaying the shutdown of Chrome apps, but you probably weren’t using them anyway

    Google Plus is officially gone after its mobile apps are rebranded as Google Currents

    These engineers are trying to rescue a ‘Bookbot’ from the Google graveyard

    Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used anyhow

    What we can learn from a decade of dead Google projects

    Google is shutting down its Cloud Print feature in 2020

    Google is open sourcing Cardboard now that the Daydream is dead

    Google Clips is dead

    Google is discontinuing the Daydream View VR headset, and the Pixel 4 won’t support Daydream

    Google finally gives Reader the respect it deserves with an actual gravestone

    Google Hire is the next Google tool to be shut down

    YouTube discontinues private messages to focus on keeping things public

    Google shuts down Nest app for Apple Watch and Wear OS

    How to replace Google’s Trips app

    The YouTube Gaming app is shutting down this week

    Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, provides extension on existing connections

    Google’s Nest changes risk making the smart home a little dumber

    Google ends sales of the Pixel 2 and 2 XL

    Google+ is officially deleting consumer data starting April 2nd

    The original Google Hangouts will start to disappear this October

    Google discontinues Chromecast Audio, but you can grab one for $15 while supplies last

    Google halted Chinese data collection program after Dragonfly backlash

    Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak

    Google is ending Play Service support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

    Google is shutting down Allo

    Google is shutting down Google+ for consumers following security lapse

    Google’s Inbox app is shutting down in March 2019

    Google Goggles is dead; long live Google Lens

    Google is starting to phase out the old Gmail design

    Google is using the impending death of its blob emoji to promote Allo

    Google is finally replacing its bad emoji blobs in Android O

    Google is killing Gchat for good and replacing it with Hangouts

    Google is shutting down Spaces, its experimental group messaging app

    Google confirms the end of its modular Project Ara smartphone

    Google will end support for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux

    Google will shut down Picasa this spring

    Google takes the ‘last step’ to shut down its failed social network Buzz

    Google Reader to shut down July 1st

    Google discontinues Listen podcast app, Google Apps for Teams, and Google Video for Business

    Google’s latest ‘spring cleaning’ moves all video content to YouTube, kills iGoogle and Symbian Search app

    Google Wave is officially dead starting today

    Google’s spring cleaning ends support for BlackBerry Sync, Picasa plug-ins for iPhoto, and more

    Google kills off more experimental services, including Wave, Gears, and Knol

    Google Buzz to shut down in a few weeks, Google Labs dies today

Pros and Cons

  • Pros:

    Google releases a lot of products, but it shuts down a lot of them, too. Some didn’t deserve to be discontinued (we pine for the days of Reader and Inbox), and some probably weren’t long for this world from the start. (What was Google Wave supposed to be, anyway?) The company actually used to shut down products with quarterly “spring cleanings,” but now, it just does so whenever it’s time for another product to be put out to pasture.
    Follow along here for all our coverage of everything Google sends to the graveyard.

    Google is officially dumping Assistant for Gemini

    Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results

    Saluting the Chromecast, one of the great HDMI dongles

    Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

    Google is ending an experiment that let you annotate search results

    PDF organizer Stack is the latest app to hit the Google graveyard

    Google is killing infinite scroll on search results

    Today I learned there is a messaging service in Google Maps, and now it’s going away

    Google is shutting down developer access to Google Fit APIs.

    The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard

    Not everyone is losing Google Podcasts after today.

    Google Podcasts’ time is almost up.

    Google Pay replaced Google Wallet — now it’s going away to make room for Google Wallet

    Google Search’s cache links are officially being retired

    Hey Google, I was using that button!

    Google Assistant Driving Mode will shut down in February

    Google removes 17 features from Google Assistant

    Google is losing its Fitbit leaders and laying off hundreds of AR employees

    Google is finally saying goodbye to Google Play Movies & TV

    You can listen to podcasts through Google Podcasts until March 2024.

    Google News hammers the final nail into its magazine subscriptions coffin.

    Google’s whiteboarding app is joining the graveyard

    Google Podcasts is going to the graveyard as YouTube Music takes over

    Gmail’s basic HTML view will go to the Google graveyard in 2024

    Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones

    We need Google Reader more than ever.

    Who killed Google Reader?

    Google has reportedly killed its Project Iris augmented reality glasses

    Google sunsets Domains business and shovels it off to Squarespace

    The real Q project.

    RIP Google Currents.

    Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement

    Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024

    Google Stadia is how you shut down a service right

    Google’s Duplex on the Web joins the Google graveyard.

    Google’s worst hardware flop was introduced 10 years ago today

    Google’s handy scrollable Snapshot of your day has disappeared from phones

    A very brief history of every Google messaging app

    Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

    Google to shut down Android Things, a smart home OS that never took off

    Google discontinues its Google Nest Secure alarm system

    Google kills off app that let you check in on loved ones during an emergency

    Android 11 officially drops support for Google’s Daydream VR

    Google is delaying the shutdown of Chrome apps, but you probably weren’t using them anyway

    Google Plus is officially gone after its mobile apps are rebranded as Google Currents

    These engineers are trying to rescue a ‘Bookbot’ from the Google graveyard

    Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used anyhow

    What we can learn from a decade of dead Google projects

    Google is shutting down its Cloud Print feature in 2020

    Google is open sourcing Cardboard now that the Daydream is dead

    Google Clips is dead

    Google is discontinuing the Daydream View VR headset, and the Pixel 4 won’t support Daydream

    Google finally gives Reader the respect it deserves with an actual gravestone

    Google Hire is the next Google tool to be shut down

    YouTube discontinues private messages to focus on keeping things public

    Google shuts down Nest app for Apple Watch and Wear OS

    How to replace Google’s Trips app

    The YouTube Gaming app is shutting down this week

    Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, provides extension on existing connections

    Google’s Nest changes risk making the smart home a little dumber

    Google ends sales of the Pixel 2 and 2 XL

    Google+ is officially deleting consumer data starting April 2nd

    The original Google Hangouts will start to disappear this October

    Google discontinues Chromecast Audio, but you can grab one for $15 while supplies last

    Google halted Chinese data collection program after Dragonfly backlash

    Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak

    Google is ending Play Service support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

    Google is shutting down Allo

    Google is shutting down Google+ for consumers following security lapse

    Google’s Inbox app is shutting down in March 2019

    Google Goggles is dead; long live Google Lens

    Google is starting to phase out the old Gmail design

    Google is using the impending death of its blob emoji to promote Allo

    Google is finally replacing its bad emoji blobs in Android O

    Google is killing Gchat for good and replacing it with Hangouts

    Google is shutting down Spaces, its experimental group messaging app

    Google confirms the end of its modular Project Ara smartphone

    Google will end support for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux

    Google will shut down Picasa this spring

    Google takes the ‘last step’ to shut down its failed social network Buzz

    Google Reader to shut down July 1st

    Google discontinues Listen podcast app, Google Apps for Teams, and Google Video for Business

    Google’s latest ‘spring cleaning’ moves all video content to YouTube, kills iGoogle and Symbian Search app

    Google Wave is officially dead starting today

    Google’s spring cleaning ends support for BlackBerry Sync, Picasa plug-ins for iPhoto, and more

    Google kills off more experimental services, including Wave, Gears, and Knol

    Google Buzz to shut down in a few weeks, Google Labs dies today

  • Cons:

    Google releases a lot of products, but it shuts down a lot of them, too. Some didn’t deserve to be discontinued (we pine for the days of Reader and Inbox), and some probably weren’t long for this world from the start. (What was Google Wave supposed to be, anyway?) The company actually used to shut down products with quarterly “spring cleanings,” but now, it just does so whenever it’s time for another product to be put out to pasture.
    Follow along here for all our coverage of everything Google sends to the graveyard.

    Google is officially dumping Assistant for Gemini

    Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results

    Saluting the Chromecast, one of the great HDMI dongles

    Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

    Google is ending an experiment that let you annotate search results

    PDF organizer Stack is the latest app to hit the Google graveyard

    Google is killing infinite scroll on search results

    Today I learned there is a messaging service in Google Maps, and now it’s going away

    Google is shutting down developer access to Google Fit APIs.

    The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard

    Not everyone is losing Google Podcasts after today.

    Google Podcasts’ time is almost up.

    Google Pay replaced Google Wallet — now it’s going away to make room for Google Wallet

    Google Search’s cache links are officially being retired

    Hey Google, I was using that button!

    Google Assistant Driving Mode will shut down in February

    Google removes 17 features from Google Assistant

    Google is losing its Fitbit leaders and laying off hundreds of AR employees

    Google is finally saying goodbye to Google Play Movies & TV

    You can listen to podcasts through Google Podcasts until March 2024.

    Google News hammers the final nail into its magazine subscriptions coffin.

    Google’s whiteboarding app is joining the graveyard

    Google Podcasts is going to the graveyard as YouTube Music takes over

    Gmail’s basic HTML view will go to the Google graveyard in 2024

    Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones

    We need Google Reader more than ever.

    Who killed Google Reader?

    Google has reportedly killed its Project Iris augmented reality glasses

    Google sunsets Domains business and shovels it off to Squarespace

    The real Q project.

    RIP Google Currents.

    Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement

    Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024

    Google Stadia is how you shut down a service right

    Google’s Duplex on the Web joins the Google graveyard.

    Google’s worst hardware flop was introduced 10 years ago today

    Google’s handy scrollable Snapshot of your day has disappeared from phones

    A very brief history of every Google messaging app

    Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

    Google to shut down Android Things, a smart home OS that never took off

    Google discontinues its Google Nest Secure alarm system

    Google kills off app that let you check in on loved ones during an emergency

    Android 11 officially drops support for Google’s Daydream VR

    Google is delaying the shutdown of Chrome apps, but you probably weren’t using them anyway

    Google Plus is officially gone after its mobile apps are rebranded as Google Currents

    These engineers are trying to rescue a ‘Bookbot’ from the Google graveyard

    Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used anyhow

    What we can learn from a decade of dead Google projects

    Google is shutting down its Cloud Print feature in 2020

    Google is open sourcing Cardboard now that the Daydream is dead

    Google Clips is dead

    Google is discontinuing the Daydream View VR headset, and the Pixel 4 won’t support Daydream

    Google finally gives Reader the respect it deserves with an actual gravestone

    Google Hire is the next Google tool to be shut down

    YouTube discontinues private messages to focus on keeping things public

    Google shuts down Nest app for Apple Watch and Wear OS

    How to replace Google’s Trips app

    The YouTube Gaming app is shutting down this week

    Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, provides extension on existing connections

    Google’s Nest changes risk making the smart home a little dumber

    Google ends sales of the Pixel 2 and 2 XL

    Google+ is officially deleting consumer data starting April 2nd

    The original Google Hangouts will start to disappear this October

    Google discontinues Chromecast Audio, but you can grab one for $15 while supplies last

    Google halted Chinese data collection program after Dragonfly backlash

    Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak

    Google is ending Play Service support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

    Google is shutting down Allo

    Google is shutting down Google+ for consumers following security lapse

    Google’s Inbox app is shutting down in March 2019

    Google Goggles is dead; long live Google Lens

    Google is starting to phase out the old Gmail design

    Google is using the impending death of its blob emoji to promote Allo

    Google is finally replacing its bad emoji blobs in Android O

    Google is killing Gchat for good and replacing it with Hangouts

    Google is shutting down Spaces, its experimental group messaging app

    Google confirms the end of its modular Project Ara smartphone

    Google will end support for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux

    Google will shut down Picasa this spring

    Google takes the ‘last step’ to shut down its failed social network Buzz

    Google Reader to shut down July 1st

    Google discontinues Listen podcast app, Google Apps for Teams, and Google Video for Business

    Google’s latest ‘spring cleaning’ moves all video content to YouTube, kills iGoogle and Symbian Search app

    Google Wave is officially dead starting today

    Google’s spring cleaning ends support for BlackBerry Sync, Picasa plug-ins for iPhoto, and more

    Google kills off more experimental services, including Wave, Gears, and Knol

    Google Buzz to shut down in a few weeks, Google Labs dies today

Conclusion

Google releases a lot of products, but it shuts down a lot of them, too. Some didn’t deserve to be discontinued (we pine for the days of Reader and Inbox), and some probably weren’t long for this world from the start. (What was Google Wave supposed to be, anyway?) The company actually used to shut down products with quarterly “spring cleanings,” but now, it just does so whenever it’s time for another product to be put out to pasture.
Follow along here for all our coverage of everything Google sends to the graveyard.

Google is officially dumping Assistant for Gemini

Google’s taking the extra search box out of your search results

Saluting the Chromecast, one of the great HDMI dongles

Google is discontinuing the Chromecast line

Google is ending an experiment that let you annotate search results

PDF organizer Stack is the latest app to hit the Google graveyard

Google is killing infinite scroll on search results

Today I learned there is a messaging service in Google Maps, and now it’s going away

Google is shutting down developer access to Google Fit APIs.

The Google One VPN service is heading to the Google graveyard

Not everyone is losing Google Podcasts after today.

Google Podcasts’ time is almost up.

Google Pay replaced Google Wallet — now it’s going away to make room for Google Wallet

Google Search’s cache links are officially being retired

Hey Google, I was using that button!

Google Assistant Driving Mode will shut down in February

Google removes 17 features from Google Assistant

Google is losing its Fitbit leaders and laying off hundreds of AR employees

Google is finally saying goodbye to Google Play Movies & TV

You can listen to podcasts through Google Podcasts until March 2024.

Google News hammers the final nail into its magazine subscriptions coffin.

Google’s whiteboarding app is joining the graveyard

Google Podcasts is going to the graveyard as YouTube Music takes over

Gmail’s basic HTML view will go to the Google graveyard in 2024

Google kills Pixel Pass without ever upgrading subscriber’s phones

We need Google Reader more than ever.

Who killed Google Reader?

Google has reportedly killed its Project Iris augmented reality glasses

Google sunsets Domains business and shovels it off to Squarespace

The real Q project.

RIP Google Currents.

Google will shut down Currents, the work-focused Google Plus replacement

Google will shut down Dropcam and Nest Secure in 2024

Google Stadia is how you shut down a service right

Google’s Duplex on the Web joins the Google graveyard.

Google’s worst hardware flop was introduced 10 years ago today

Google’s handy scrollable Snapshot of your day has disappeared from phones

A very brief history of every Google messaging app

Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

Google to shut down Android Things, a smart home OS that never took off

Google discontinues its Google Nest Secure alarm system

Google kills off app that let you check in on loved ones during an emergency

Android 11 officially drops support for Google’s Daydream VR

Google is delaying the shutdown of Chrome apps, but you probably weren’t using them anyway

Google Plus is officially gone after its mobile apps are rebranded as Google Currents

These engineers are trying to rescue a ‘Bookbot’ from the Google graveyard

Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used anyhow

What we can learn from a decade of dead Google projects

Google is shutting down its Cloud Print feature in 2020

Google is open sourcing Cardboard now that the Daydream is dead

Google Clips is dead

Google is discontinuing the Daydream View VR headset, and the Pixel 4 won’t support Daydream

Google finally gives Reader the respect it deserves with an actual gravestone

Google Hire is the next Google tool to be shut down

YouTube discontinues private messages to focus on keeping things public

Google shuts down Nest app for Apple Watch and Wear OS

How to replace Google’s Trips app

The YouTube Gaming app is shutting down this week

Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, provides extension on existing connections

Google’s Nest changes risk making the smart home a little dumber

Google ends sales of the Pixel 2 and 2 XL

Google+ is officially deleting consumer data starting April 2nd

The original Google Hangouts will start to disappear this October

Google discontinues Chromecast Audio, but you can grab one for $15 while supplies last

Google halted Chinese data collection program after Dragonfly backlash

Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak

Google is ending Play Service support for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Google is shutting down Allo

Google is shutting down Google+ for consumers following security lapse

Google’s Inbox app is shutting down in March 2019

Google Goggles is dead; long live Google Lens

Google is starting to phase out the old Gmail design

Google is using the impending death of its blob emoji to promote Allo

Google is finally replacing its bad emoji blobs in Android O

Google is killing Gchat for good and replacing it with Hangouts

Google is shutting down Spaces, its experimental group messaging app

Google confirms the end of its modular Project Ara smartphone

Google will end support for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux

Google will shut down Picasa this spring

Google takes the ‘last step’ to shut down its failed social network Buzz

Google Reader to shut down July 1st

Google discontinues Listen podcast app, Google Apps for Teams, and Google Video for Business

Google’s latest ‘spring cleaning’ moves all video content to YouTube, kills iGoogle and Symbian Search app

Google Wave is officially dead starting today

Google’s spring cleaning ends support for BlackBerry Sync, Picasa plug-ins for iPhoto, and more

Google kills off more experimental services, including Wave, Gears, and Knol

Google Buzz to shut down in a few weeks, Google Labs dies today

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