Google’s social networking project Google+, was released in 2011. In the first period, the service, which accepted members with the invitation system like Clubhouse, was opened to everyone aged 18 and over, provided that they use their real name after a while. However, Google Plus has never been a solid alternative to Instagram, Facebook or Twitter.
Personal version of the social network, abbreviated with the “G+” icon, low usage rate and security vulnerabilities It was closed in 2019 due to But companies and organizations Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) were able to use the service through The service, which continues to operate under the name ‘Google Currents’ for business accounts, has come to the end of the road.
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Google in its blog post Google Currents He said that he will close the service from 2023. Users’ content and communities, on the other hand, were implemented last year. to the Google Spaces service He shared the information he will carry.
Available through Google Workspace space; It is a mix of Slack and Discord developed to organize people, topics and projects jointly. Spaces, which integrates with all Workspace applications such as Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Meet, Replaces Google Currents, the business edition of Google Plus.
Organizations using Google Currents (Google+) will gradually begin to migrate to Spaces in the coming days. Underlining that it will help customers in this process, Google said that it will gradually turn off some features of Currents in order to speed up the transition. When the calendars show the year 2023, the service will be completely retired.
Spaces evolve as Currents closes
Google said it will add a few new features to Spaces before Currents shuts down. These innovations content moderation tools, advanced search, greater community support and more superficially announced. The company added that it is investing in features that will provide enterprise-grade security such as data protection, data loss prevention and Application Vault.
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