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* June
2023
service
CONVERSATIONAL ACTIONS
Getting unplugged in 10 months, Conversational Actions extended the
functionality of Google Assistant by allowing 3rd party developers to create
custom experiences, or conversations, for users of Google Assistant. It will
be over 6 years old.
* March
2023
service
GOOGLE CURRENTS (2019)
To be turned off in 8 months, Google Currents was service that provided
social media features similar to Google+ for Google Workspace customers. It
will be almost 4 years old.
* December
2022
service
YOUTUBE ORIGINALS
Off to the glue factory in 5 months, YouTube Originals was a variety of
original content including scripted series, educational videos, and music and
celebrity programming. It will be over 6 years old.
* December
2022
hardware
GOOGLE ONHUB
Like a fork stuck in the outlet in 4 months, Google OnHub was a series of
residential wireless routers manufactured by Asus and TP-Link that were
powered by Google software, managed by Google apps, and offered enhanced
special features like Google Assistant. It will be over 7 years old.
* November
2022
service
GOOGLE HANGOUTS
Scheduled to be killed in 4 months, Google Hangouts was a cross-platform
instant messaging service. It will be over 9 years old.
* 2017 - 2022
app
YOUTUBE GO
Killed 3 days ago, YouTube Go was an app aimed at making YouTube easier to
access on mobile devices in emerging markets through special features like
downloading video on wifi for viewing later. It was over 5 years old.
* 2018 - 2022
app
GOOGLE MY BUSINESS (APP)
Killed 12 days ago, Google My Business was an app that allowed businesses to
manage their Google Maps Business profiles. It was over 3 years old.
* 2010 - 2022
service
GOOGLE CHROME APPS
Killed about 1 month ago, Google Chrome Apps were hosted or packaged web
applications that ran on the Google Chrome browser. It was over 11 years old.
* 2019 - 2022
app
KORMO JOBS
Killed about 1 month ago, Kormo Jobs was an app that allowed users in
primarily India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh to help them find jobs nearby that
match their skills and interests. It was almost 3 years old.
* 2019 - 2022
app
ANDROID AUTO FOR PHONE SCREENS
Killed about 2 months ago, Android Auto for phone screens was an app that
allowed the screen of the phone to be used as an Android Auto interface while
driving, intended for vehicles that did not have a compatible screen built
in. It was over 2 years old.
* 2006 - 2022
service
G SUITE (LEGACY FREE EDITION)
Killed 3 months ago, G Suite (Legacy Free Edition) was a free tier offering
some of the services included in Google's productivity suite. It was over 15
years old.
* 2018 - 2022
service
GOOGLE ASSISTANT SNAPSHOT
Killed 4 months ago, Google Assistant Snapshot was the successor to Google
Now that provided predictive cards with information and daily updates in the
Google app for Android and iOS. It was over 3 years old.
* 2018 - 2022
service
CAMEOS ON GOOGLE
Killed 6 months ago, Cameos on Google allowed celebrities and other public
figures to record video responses to the most common questions asked about
them which would be shown to users in Google Search results. It was over 3
years old.
* 2015 - 2022
service
ANDROID THINGS
Killed 7 months ago, Android Things was an Android-based embedded operating
system (originally named Brillo) aimed to run on Internet of Things (IoT)
devices. It was over 6 years old.
* 2010 - 2021
service
ANGULARJS
Killed 7 months ago, AngularJS was a JavaScript open-source front-end web
framework based on MVC pattern using a dependency injection technique. It was
about 11 years old.
* 2017 - 2021
app
STREAMS
Killed 7 months ago, Streams was a "clinician support app" which aimed to
improve clinical decision-making and patient safety across hospitals in the
United Kingdom. It was about 4 years old.
* 2018 - 2021
service
MATERIAL GALLERY
Killed 8 months ago, Material Gallery is a collaboration tool for UI
designers, optimized for Google's Material Design, with mobile preview apps
and a Sketch plugin. It was over 3 years old.
* 2000 - 2021
service
GOOGLE TOOLBAR
Killed 8 months ago, Google Toolbar was a web browser toolbar that provided a
search box in web browsers like Internet Explorer and Firefox. It was about
21 years old.
* 2008 - 2021
service
GOOGLE SITES (CLASSIC)
Killed 8 months ago, Google Sites (Classic) allowed users to build and edit
websites and wiki portals for private and public use. It was almost 14 years
old.
* 2019 - 2021
service
YOUR NEWS UPDATE
Killed 9 months ago, Your News Update was a service that offed an audio
digest of a mix of short news stories chosen in that moment based on a user's
interests, location, user history, and preferences, as well as the top news
stories out there. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2014 - 2021
app
GOOGLE MY MAPS
Killed 10 months ago, My Maps was an Android application that enabled users
to create custom maps for personal use or sharing on their mobile device. It
was almost 7 years old.
* 2017 - 2021
app
BACKUP AND SYNC
Killed 10 months ago, Backup and Sync was a desktop software tool for Windows
and MacOS that allowed users to sync files from Google Drive to their local
machine. It was over 4 years old.
* 2005 - 2021
service
GOOGLE BOOKMARKS
Killed 11 months ago, Google Bookmarks was a private web-based bookmarking
service not integrated with any other Google services. It was almost 16 years
old.
* 2017 - 2021
service
CHATBASE
Killed 11 months ago, Analytics platform for Google's Dialogflow chatbot &
others, started by the Google-funded Area120 incubator then retired and
partially merged into Dialogflow itself. It was almost 4 years old.
* 2018 - 2021
app
VR180 CREATOR
Killed about 1 year ago, VR180 Creator allowed users to edit video taken on
180 degree and 360 degree devices on multiple operating systems. It was about
3 years old.
* 2012 - 2021
service
POSTS ON GOOGLE
Killed about 1 year ago, Posts on Google allowed notable individuals with
knowledge graph panels to author specific content that would appear in Google
Search results. It was about 9 years old.
* 2013 - 2021
app
FITBIT COACH
Killed about 1 year ago, Fitbit Coach (formerly Fitstar) was video-based body
weight workout app that used AI to personalize workouts based on user
feedback. It was about 8 years old.
* 2014 - 2021
app
FITSTAR YOGA
Killed about 1 year ago, Fitstar Yoga was a video-based yoga app that created
unique yoga sessions based on user preference and skill level. It was almost
7 years old.
* 2013 - 2021
service
TOUR BUILDER
Killed about 1 year ago, Tour Builder allowed users to create and share
interactive tours inside Google Earth with photos and videos of locations. It
was about 8 years old.
* 2015 - 2021
app
EXPEDITIONS
Killed about 1 year ago, Expeditions is a program for providing virtual
reality experiences to school classrooms through Google Cardboard viewers,
allowing educators to take their students on virtual field trips. It was
almost 6 years old.
* 2018 - 2021
app
TOUR CREATOR
Killed about 1 year ago, Tour Creator allowed users to build immersive, 360°
guided tours that could be viewed with VR devices. It was about 3 years old.
* 2017 - 2021
service
POLY
Killed about 1 year ago, Poly was a distribution platform for creators to
share 3D objects. It was over 3 years old.
* 2011 - 2021
app
GOOGLE PLAY MOVIES & TV
Killed about 1 year ago, Google Play Movies & TV, originally Google TV, was
an app used to view purchased and rented media and was ultimately replaced
with YouTube. It was about 10 years old.
* 2016 - 2021
app
MEASURE
Killed about 1 year ago, Measure allowed users to take measurements of
everyday objects with their device's camera utilizing ARCore technology. It
was about 5 years old.
* 2014 - 2021
service
ZYNC RENDER
Killed about 1 year ago, Zync render was a cloud render platform for
animation and visual effects. It was almost 7 years old.
* 2013 - 2021
app
TIMELY
Killed about 1 year ago, Timely Alarm Clock was an Android application
providing alarm, stopwatch and timer functionality with synchronisation
across devices. It was almost 8 years old.
* 2019 - 2021
app
GOOGLE SHOPPING MOBILE APP
Killed over 1 year ago, The Google Shopping Mobile App, which had absorbed
Google Express when it launched, provided a native shopping experience with a
personalized homepage for mobile users. It is now retired and the
functionality lives on in the Shopping Tab. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2012 - 2021
service
GOOGLE PUBLIC ALERTS
Killed over 1 year ago, Google Public Alerts was an online notification
service owned by Google.org that sends safety alerts to various countries. It
was over 8 years old.
* 2010 - 2021
service
GOOGLE GO LINKS
Killed over 1 year ago, (also known as Google Short Links) was a URL
shortening service. It also supported custom domain for customers of Google
Workspace (formerly G Suite (formerly Google Apps)). It was about 11 years
old.
* 2011 - 2021
service
GOOGLE CRISIS MAP
Killed over 1 year ago, Google Crisis Map was a website that allowed to
create, publish, and share maps by combining layers from anywhere on the web.
It was over 9 years old.
* 2014 - 2021
hardware
GOOGLE CARDBOARD
Killed over 1 year ago, Google Cardboard was a low-cost, virtual reality (VR)
platform named after its folded cardboard viewer into which a smartphone was
inserted. It was over 6 years old.
* 2018 - 2021
service
SWIFT FOR TENSORFLOW
Killed over 1 year ago, Swift for TensorFlow (S4TF) was a next-generation
platform for machine learning with a focus on differentiable programming. It
was almost 3 years old.
* 2016 - 2021
app
TILT BRUSH
Killed over 1 year ago, Tilt Brush was a room-scale 3D-painting
virtual-reality application available from Google, originally developed by
Skillman & Hackett. It was almost 5 years old.
* 2014 - 2021
service
LOON
Killed over 1 year ago, Loon was a service to provide internet access via an
array of high-altitude balloons hovering in the Earth's stratosphere It was
over 6 years old.
* 2016 - 2021
service
APP MAKER
Killed over 1 year ago, App Maker was a tool that allowed its users to build
and deploy custom business apps easily and securely on the web without
writing much code. It was about 4 years old.
* 2010 - 2020
service
GOOGLE CLOUD PRINT
Killed over 1 year ago, Google Cloud Print allowed users to 'print from
anywhere;' to print from web, desktop, or mobile to any Google Cloud
Print-connected printer. It was over 10 years old.
* 2017 - 2020
hardware
GOOGLE HOME MAX
Killed over 1 year ago, Google Home Max was a large, stereo smart speaker
with two tweeters and subwoofers, aux input, and a USB-C input (for wired
ethernet) featuring Smart Sound machine learning technology. It was about 3
years old.
* 2016 - 2020
app
SCIENCE JOURNAL
Killed over 1 year ago, Science Journal was a mobile app that helped you run
science experiments with your smartphone using the device's onboard sensors.
It was over 4 years old.
* 2017 - 2020
app
YOUTUBE VR (STEAMVR)
Killed over 1 year ago, YouTube VR allowed you to easily find and watch 360
videos and virtual reality content with SteamVR-compatible headsets. It was
almost 3 years old.
* 2016 - 2020
app
TRUSTED CONTACTS
Killed over 1 year ago, Trusted Contacts was an app that allowed users to
share their location and view the location of specific users. It was almost 4
years old.
* 2011 - 2020
service
GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC
Killed almost 2 years ago, Google Play Music was a music and podcast
streaming service, and online music locker. It was almost 9 years old.
* 2017 - 2020
hardware
NEST SECURE
Killed almost 2 years ago, Nest Secure was a security system with an alarm,
keypad, and motion sensor with embedded microphone. It was almost 3 years
old.
* 2016 - 2020
service
YOUTUBE COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS
Killed almost 2 years ago, YouTube Community Contributions allowed users to
contribute translations for video titles or submit descriptions, closed
captions or subtitles on YouTube content. It was over 4 years old.
* 2017 - 2020
service
HIRE BY GOOGLE
Killed almost 2 years ago, Google Hire was an applicant tracking system to
help small to medium businesses distribute jobs, identify and attract
candidates, build strong relationships with candidates, and efficiently
manage the interview process. It was about 3 years old.
* 2019 - 2020
app
PASSWORD CHECKUP EXTENSION
Killed almost 2 years ago, Password Checkup provided a warning to users if
they were using a username and password combination checked against over 4
billion credentials that Google knew to be unsafe. It was over 1 year old.
* 2017 - 2020
app
PLAYGROUND AR
Killed almost 2 years ago, Playground AR (aka AR Stickers) allowed users to
place virtual characters and objects in augmented reality via the Camera App
on Pixel phones. It was over 2 years old.
* 2019 - 2020
hardware
FOCALS BY NORTH
Killed about 2 years ago, Focals were a custom-built smart glasses product
with a transparent, holographic display that allowed users to read and
respond to text messages, navigate turn-by-turn directions, check the
weather, and integrate with third-party services like Uber and Amazon Alexa.
It was over 1 year old.
* 2019 - 2020
app
CALLJOY
Killed about 2 years ago, CallJoy was an Area 120 project that provided phone
automation for small-to-mediaum businesses allowing them to train the bot
agent with responses to common customer questions. It was about 1 year old.
* 2020 - 2020
service
GOOGLE PHOTOS PRINT
Killed about 2 years ago, Google Photos Print was a subscription service that
automatically selected the best ten photos from the last thirty days which
were mailed to user's homes. It was 5 months old.
* 2018 - 2020
app
PIGEON TRANSIT
Killed about 2 years ago, Pigeon Transit was a transit app that used
crowdsourced information about delays, crowded trains, escalator outages,
live entertainment, dirty or unsafe conditions. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2008 - 2020
service
ENHANCED 404 PAGES
Killed about 2 years ago, Enhanced 404 Pages was a JavaScript library that
added suggested URLs and a search box to a website's 404 Not Found page. It
was over 11 years old.
* 2019 - 2020
app
SHOELACE
Killed about 2 years ago, Shoelace was an app used to find group activities
with others who share your interests. It was 11 months old.
* 2018 - 2020
app
NEIGHBOURLY
Killed about 2 years ago, Neighbourly was a mobile app designed to help you
learn about your neighborhood by asking other residents, and find out about
local services and facilities in your area from people who live around you.
It was almost 2 years old.
* 2014 - 2020
service
FABRIC
Killed over 2 years ago, Fabric was a platform that helped mobile teams build
better apps, understand their users, and grow their business. It was over 5
years old.
* 2014 - 2020
service
GOOGLE CONTRIBUTOR
Killed over 2 years ago, Google Contributor was a program run by Google that
allowed users in the Google Network of content sites to view the websites
without any advertisements that are administered, sorted, and maintained by
Google. It was over 5 years old.
* 2018 - 2020
app
MATERIAL THEME EDITOR
Killed over 2 years ago, Material Theme Editor is a plugin for Sketch App
which allows you to create a material based design system for your app. It
was almost 2 years old.
* 2015 - 2020
service
GOOGLE STATION
Killed over 2 years ago, Google Station is a service which gives partners an
easy set of tools to roll-out Wi-Fi hotspots in public places. Google Station
provides software and guidance on hardware to turn fiber connections into
fast, reliable and safe Wi-Fi zones. It was over 4 years old.
* 2013 - 2020
app
ONE TODAY
Killed over 2 years ago, One Today was an app that allowed users to donate $1
to different organizations and discover how their donation would be used. It
was almost 7 years old.
* 2011 - 2020
app
ANDROIDIFY
Killed over 2 years ago, Androidify allowed users to create a custom Android
avatar of for themselves and for others. It was almost 9 years old.
* 2012 - 2020
service
GOOGLE FIBER TV
Killed over 2 years ago, Google Fiber TV was an IPTV service that was bundled
with Google Fiber. It was about 7 years old.
* 2012 - 2019
app
FIELD TRIP
Killed over 2 years ago, Field Trip was a mobile app that acted as a virtual
tour guide by cross referencing multiple sources of information to provide
users information about points of interest near them. It was over 7 years
old.
* 2013 - 2019
app
ADSENSE (MOBILE APP)
Killed over 2 years ago, AdSense (mobile app) allowed users to manage their
AdSense accounts in a native app for iOS and Android. It was over 6 years
old.
* 2011 - 2019
service
GOOGLE CORRELATE
Killed over 2 years ago, Google Correlate was a service that provided users
information about how strongly the frequency of multiple search terms
correlates with each other over a specified time interval. It was over 8
years old.
* 2009 - 2019
service
GOOGLE TRANSLATOR TOOLKIT
Killed over 2 years ago, Google Translator Toolkit was a web application
which allowed translators to edit and manage translations generated by Google
Translate. It was over 10 years old.
* 2009 - 2019
service
GOOGLE FUSION TABLES
Killed over 2 years ago, Google Fusion Tables was a web service for data
management that provided a means for visualizing data in different charts,
maps, and graphs. It was over 10 years old.
* 2018 - 2019
service
GOOGLE BULLETIN
Killed over 2 years ago, Google Bulletin was a hyperlocal news service where
users could post news from their neighborhood and allow others in the same
areas to hear those stories. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2018 - 2019
service
TOURING BIRD
Killed over 2 years ago, Touring Bird was an Area 120 incubator project which
helped users compare prices, book tours, tickets, and experiences, and learn
about top destinations around the world. It was about 1 year old.
* 2019 - 2019
app
GAME BUILDER
Killed almost 3 years ago, Game Builder was a multiplayer 3D game environment
for creating new games without coding experience. It was 5 months old.
* 2017 - 2019
app
DATALLY
Killed almost 3 years ago, Datally (formerly Triangle) was a smart app by
Google that helped you save, manage, and share your mobile data. It was over
2 years old.
* 2017 - 2019
hardware
GOOGLE CLIPS
Killed almost 3 years ago, Google Clips was a miniature clip-on camera that
could automatically capture interesting or relevant video clips determined by
machine learning algorithms. It was about 2 years old.
* 2016 - 2019
hardware
GOOGLE DAYDREAM
Killed almost 3 years ago, Google Daydream was a virtual reality platform and
set of hardware devices that worked with certain Android phones. It was
almost 3 years old.
* 2010 - 2019
service
YOUTUBE LEANBACK
Killed almost 3 years ago, YouTube Leanback was an optimized version of
YouTube used for television web browsers and webview application wrappers. It
was about 9 years old.
* 2013 - 2019
service
MESSAGE CENTER
Killed almost 3 years ago, Message Center is a web console where Gmail users
view and manage spam email messages. It was almost 6 years old.
* 2011 - 2019
service
FOLLOW YOUR WORLD
Killed almost 3 years ago, Follow Your World allowed users to register points
of interest on Google Maps and receive email updates whenever the imagery is
updated. It was over 8 years old.
* 2013 - 2019
service
G SUITE TRAINING
Killed almost 3 years ago, G Suite Training (previously known as Synergyse)
provided interactive and video-based training for 20 Google G Suite products
in nine languages through a website and a Chrome extension. It was over 6
years old.
* 2017 - 2019
service
YOUTUBE MESSAGES
Killed almost 3 years ago, YouTube Messages was a direct messaging feature
that allowed users to share and discuss videos one-on-one and in groups on
YouTube. It was about 2 years old.
* 2013 - 2019
app
YOUTUBE FOR NINTENDO 3DS
Killed almost 3 years ago, YouTube app for Nintendo 3DS, 2DS, and New 3DS
allowed users to stream YouTube videos on the portable gaming console. It was
almost 6 years old.
* 2014 - 2019
service
WORKS WITH NEST API
Killed almost 3 years ago, Works with Nest was an API that allowed external
services to access and control Nest devices. This enabled the devices to be
used with third-party home automation platforms and devices. It was about 5
years old.
* 2016 - 2019
app
GOOGLE TRIPS
Killed about 3 years ago, Google Trips was a mobile app that allowed users to
plan for upcoming travel by facilitating flight, hotel, car, and restaurant
reservations from user's email alongside summarized info about the user's
destination. It was almost 3 years old.
* 2011 - 2019
service
HANGOUTS ON AIR
Killed about 3 years ago, Hangouts on Air allowed users to host a multi-user
video call while recording and streaming the call on YouTube. It was almost 8
years old.
* 2011 - 2019
service
PERSONAL BLOCKLIST
Killed about 3 years ago, Personal Blocklist was a Chrome Web Extension by
Google that allowed users to block certain websites from appearing in Google
search results. It was over 8 years old.
* 2018 - 2019
service
DRAGONFLY
Killed about 3 years ago, Dragonfly was a search engine designed to be
compatible with China's state censorship provisions. It was 11 months old.
* 2015 - 2019
service
GOOGLE JUMP
Killed about 3 years ago, Google Jump was a cloud-based VR media solution
that enabled 3D-360 media production by integrating customized capture
solutions with best-in-class automated stitching. It was about 4 years old.
* 2018 - 2019
app
BLOG COMPASS
Killed about 3 years ago, Blog Compass was a blog management tool that
integrated with WordPress and Blogger available only in India. It was 9
months old.
* 2017 - 2019
app
AREO
Killed about 3 years ago, Areo was a mobile app that allowed users in
Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Gurgaon, and Pune to order meals from nearby
restaurants or schedule appointments with local service professionals,
including electricians, painters, cleaners, plumbers, and more. It was about
2 years old.
* 2015 - 2019
service
YOUTUBE GAMING
Killed about 3 years ago, YouTube Gaming was a video gaming-oriented service
and app for videos and live streaming. It was almost 4 years old.
* 2012 - 2019
service
GOOGLE CLOUD MESSAGING (GCM)
Killed about 3 years ago, Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) was a notification
service that enabled developers to send messages between servers and client
apps running on Android or Chrome. It was almost 7 years old.
* 2015 - 2019
service
DATA SAVER EXTENSION FOR CHROME
Killed over 3 years ago, Data Saver was an extension for Chrome that routed
web pages through Google servers to compress and reduce the user's bandwidth.
It was about 4 years old.
* 2015 - 2019
service
INBOX BY GMAIL
Killed over 3 years ago, Inbox by Gmail aimed to improve email through
several key features. It was almost 4 years old.
* 2011 - 2019
service
GOOGLE+
Killed over 3 years ago, Google+ was an Internet-based social network. It was
almost 8 years old.
* 2009 - 2019
service
GOOGLE URL SHORTENER
Killed over 3 years ago, Google URL Shortener, also known as goo.gl, was a
URL shortening service. It was over 9 years old.
* 2013 - 2019
service
GOOGLE SPOTLIGHT STORIES
Killed over 3 years ago, Google Spotlight Stories was an app and content
studio project which created immersive stories for mobile and VR. It was over
5 years old.
* 2016 - 2019
app
GOOGLE ALLO
Killed over 3 years ago, Google Allo was an instant messaging mobile app for
Android, iOS, and Web with special features like a virtual assistant and
encrypted mode. It was over 2 years old.
* 2015 - 2019
service
GOOGLE NOTIFICATION WIDGET (MR. JINGLES)
Killed over 3 years ago, Mr. Jingles (aka Google Notification Widget)
displayed alerts and notifications from across multiple Google services. It
was almost 4 years old.
* 2008 - 2019
service
YOUTUBE VIDEO ANNOTATIONS
Killed over 3 years ago, YouTube Video Annotations allowed video creators to
add interactive commentary to their videos containing background information,
branching ("choose your own adventure" style) stories, or links to any
YouTube video, channel, or search results page. It was over 10 years old.
* 2013 - 2019
service
GOOGLE REALTIME API
Killed over 3 years ago, Google Realtime API provided ways to synchronise
resources between devices. It operated on files stored on Google Drive. It
was almost 6 years old.
* 2015 - 2019
hardware
CHROMECAST AUDIO
Killed over 3 years ago, Chromecast Audio was a device that allowed users to
stream audio from any device to any speaker with an audio input. It was over
3 years old.
* 2002 - 2018
hardware
GOOGLE SEARCH APPLIANCE
Killed over 3 years ago, Google Search Appliance was a rack-mounted device
that provided document indexing functionality. It was almost 17 years old.
* 2015 - 2018
service
GOOGLE NEARBY NOTIFICATIONS
Killed over 3 years ago, Google Nearby Notifications were a proximity
marketing tool using Bluetooth beacons and location-based data to serve
content relevant to an Android user's real-world location. It was over 3
years old.
* 2007 - 2018
service
GOOGLE PINYIN IME
Killed over 3 years ago, Google Pinyin IME was an input method that allowed
users on multiple operating systems to input characters from pinyin, the
romanization of Standard Mandarin Chinese. It was over 11 years old.
* 2016 - 2018
app
GOOGLE NEWS & WEATHER
Killed almost 4 years ago, Google News & Weather was a news aggregator
application available on the Android and iOS operating systems. It was about
2 years old.
* 2018 - 2018
app
REPLY
Killed almost 4 years ago, Reply was a mobile app that let users insert Smart
Replies (pre-defined replies) into conversations on messaging apps. It was 8
months old.
* 2017 - 2018
service
TEZ
Killed almost 4 years ago, Tez was a mobile payments service by Google,
targeted at users in India. It was rebranded to Google Pay. It was 11 months
old.
* 2010 - 2018
service
GOOGLE GOGGLES
Killed almost 4 years ago, Google Goggles was used for searches based on
pictures taken by handheld devices. It was almost 8 years old.
* 2016 - 2018
service
SAVE TO GOOGLE CHROME EXTENSION
Killed almost 4 years ago, Save to Google Chrome Extension enabled you to
quickly save a page link with image and tags to a Pocket-like app. It was
over 2 years old.
* 2013 - 2018
app
GOOGLE PLAY NEWSSTAND
Killed over 4 years ago, Google Play Newsstand was a news aggregator and
digital newsstand service. It was over 4 years old.
* 2010 - 2018
service
ENCRYPTED SEARCH
Killed over 4 years ago, Encrypted Search provided users with anonymous
internet searching. It was almost 8 years old.
* 2010 - 2018
service
GOOGLE CLOUD PREDICTION API
Killed over 4 years ago, Google Cloud Prediction API was a PaaS for machine
learning (ML) functionality to help developers build ML models to create
application features such as recommendation systems, spam detection, and
purchase prediction. It was almost 8 years old.
* 2010 - 2018
service
QPX-EXPRESS-API
Killed over 4 years ago, A service that Google developed for long-tail travel
clients. ITA Software will create a new, easier way for users to find better
flight information online, which should encourage more users to make their
flight purchases online. It was almost 8 years old.
* 2008 - 2018
service
GOOGLE SITE SEARCH
Killed over 4 years ago, Google's Site Search was a service that enabled any
website to add a custom search field powered by Google. It was over 9 years
old.
* 2010 - 2018
service
RECAPTCHA MAILHIDE
Killed over 4 years ago, reCAPTCHA Mailhide allowed users to mask their email
address behind a captcha to prevent robots from scraping the email and
sending spam. It was almost 8 years old.
* 2016 - 2018
service
SOUNDSTAGE
Killed over 4 years ago, SoundStage was a virtual reality music sandbox built
specifically for room-scale VR. It was over 1 year old.
* 2014 - 2017
service
PROJECT TANGO
Killed over 4 years ago, Project Tango was an API for augmented reality apps
that was killed and replaced by ARCore. It was about 3 years old.
* 2006 - 2017
service
GOOGLE PORTFOLIOS
Killed over 4 years ago, Portfolios was a feature available in Google Finance
to track personal financial securities. It was over 11 years old.
* 2010 - 2017
service
YOUTUBE VIDEO EDITOR
Killed almost 5 years ago, YouTube Video Editor was a web-based tool for
editing, merging, and adding special effects to video content. It was over 7
years old.
* 2007 - 2017
service
TRENDALYZER
Killed almost 5 years ago, Trendalyzer was a data trend viewing platform. It
was over 10 years old.
* 2013 - 2017
service
GLASS OS
Killed about 5 years ago, Glass OS (Google XE) was a version of Google's
Android operating system designed for Google Glass. It was about 4 years old.
* 2008 - 2017
service
GOOGLE MAP MAKER
Killed over 5 years ago, Google Map Maker was a mapping and map editing
service where users were able to draw features directly onto a map. It was
almost 9 years old.
* 2013 - 2017
hardware
CHROMEBOOK PIXEL
Killed over 5 years ago, Chromebook Pixel was a first-of-its-kind laptop
built by Google that ran Chrome OS, a Linux kernel-based operating system. It
was about 4 years old.
* 2016 - 2017
service
GOOGLE SPACES
Killed over 5 years ago, Google Spaces was an app for group discussions and
messaging. It was 9 months old.
* 2016 - 2017
service
GOOGLE HANDS FREE
Killed over 5 years ago, Google Hands Free was a mobile payment system that
allowed users to pay their bill using Bluetooth to connect to payment
terminals by saying 'I'll pay with Google.' It was 11 months old.
* 2010 - 2017
app
GESTURE SEARCH
Killed over 5 years ago, Google Gesture Search allowed users to search
contacts, applications, settings, music and bookmark on their Android device
by drawing letters or numbers onto the screen. It was almost 7 years old.
* 2005 - 2016
service
PANORAMIO
Killed almost 6 years ago, Panoramio was a geo-location tagging and photo
sharing product. It was about 11 years old.
* 2005 - 2016
service
GOOGLE SHOWTIMES
Killed almost 6 years ago, Google Showtimes was a standalone movie search
result page. It was about 11 years old.
* 2012 - 2016
app
PIXATE
Killed almost 6 years ago, Pixate was a platform for creating sophisticated
animations and interactions, and refine your designs through 100% native
prototypes for iOS and Android. It was over 4 years old.
* 2010 - 2016
hardware
GOOGLE NEXUS
Killed almost 6 years ago, Google Nexus was Google's line of flagship Android
phones, tablets, and accessories. It was over 6 years old.
* 2015 - 2016
app
TOGETHER
Killed almost 6 years ago, Together was a watch face for Android Wear that
let two users link their watches together to share small visual messages. It
was about 1 year old.
* 2013 - 2016
hardware
PROJECT ARA
Killed almost 6 years ago, Project Ara was a modular smartphone project under
development by Google. It was almost 3 years old.
* 2012 - 2016
service
WEB HOSTING IN GOOGLE DRIVE
Killed almost 6 years ago, Web hosting in Google Drive was a method of
uploading HTML, CSS and other files in order to publish live web sites. It
was almost 4 years old.
* 2011 - 2016
service
GOOGLE SWIFFY
Killed about 6 years ago, Google Swiffy was a web-based tool that converted
SWF files to HTML5. It was about 5 years old.
* 2013 - 2016
hardware
GOOGLE WALLET CARD
Killed about 6 years ago, Google Wallet Card was a prepaid debit card that
let users pay for things in person and online using their Wallet balance at
any retailer that accepted MasterCard. It was over 2 years old.
* 2014 - 2016
hardware
NEXUS PLAYER
Killed about 6 years ago, Nexus Player was a digital media player that
allowed users to play music, watch video originating from Internet services
or a local network, and play games. It was over 1 year old.
* 2012 - 2016
hardware
REVOLV
Killed about 6 years ago, Revolv was a monitoring and control system that
allowed users to control their connected devices from a single hub. It was
about 4 years old.
* 2007 - 2016
service
FREEBASE
Killed over 6 years ago, Freebase was a large collaborative knowledge base
consisting of structured data composed mainly by its community members,
developed by Metaweb(acquired by Google). It was about 9 years old.
* 2012 - 2016
service
GOOGLE NOW
Killed over 6 years ago, Google Now was a feature of Google Search that
offered predictive cards with information and daily updates in Chrome and the
Google app for Android and iOS. It was almost 4 years old.
* 2009 - 2016
app
MYTRACKS
Killed over 6 years ago, MyTracks was a GPS tracking application for Android
which allowed users to track their path, speed, distance and elevation. It
was about 7 years old.
* 2015 - 2016
app
UWEAVE
Killed over 6 years ago, uWeave (pronounced “micro weave”) was an
implementation of the Weave protocol intended for use on microcontroller
based devices. It was 4 months old.
* 2015 - 2016
service
GOOGLE COMPARE
Killed over 6 years ago, Google Compare allowed consumers to compare several
offers ranging from insurance, mortgage, and credit cards. It was about 1
year old.
* 2012 - 2016
service
GOOGLE MAPS COORDINATE
Killed over 6 years ago, Google Maps Coordinate was a service for managing
mobile workforces with the help of mobile apps and a web-based dashboard. It
was over 3 years old.
* 2013 - 2016
service
PIE
Killed over 6 years ago, Pie was a work-centric group chat website and app
comparable to Slack. It was over 2 years old.
* 2013 - 2016
service
GOOGLE MAPS ENGINE
Killed over 6 years ago, Google Maps Engine was an online tool for map
creation. It enabled you to create layered maps using your own data as well
as Google Maps data. It was over 2 years old.
* 2007 - 2016
service
SONGZA
Killed over 6 years ago, Songza was a free music streaming service that would
recommend its users various playlists based on time of day and mood or
activity. It was about 8 years old.
* 2005 - 2016
service
GOOGLE CODE
Killed over 6 years ago, Google Code was a service that provided revision
control, an issue tracker, and a wiki for code documentation. It was almost
11 years old.
* 2005 - 2015
service
GOOGLE BLOG SEARCH API
Killed over 6 years ago, Google Blog Search API was a way to search blogs
utilizing Google. It was over 10 years old.
* 2008 - 2015
service
GOOGLE EARTH BROWSER PLUG-IN
Killed over 6 years ago, Google Earth Browser Plug-in allowed developers to
embed Google Earth into web pages and included a JavaScript API for custom 3D
drawing and interaction. It was over 7 years old.
* 2012 - 2015
app
TIMEFUL
Killed over 6 years ago, Timeful was an iOS to do list and calendar
application, developed to reinvent the way that people manage their most
precious resource of time. It was almost 4 years old.
* 2002 - 2015
service
PICASA
Killed almost 7 years ago, Picasa was an image organizer and image viewer for
organizing and editing digital photos. It was almost 13 years old.
* 2008 - 2015
service
GOOGLE FLU TRENDS
Killed almost 7 years ago, Google Flu Trends was a service attempting to make
accurate predictions about flu activity. It was almost 7 years old.
* 2011 - 2015
service
GOOGLE CATALOGS
Killed about 7 years ago, Google Catalogs was a shopping application that
delivered the virtual catalogs of large retailers to users. It was almost 4
years old.
* 2008 - 2015
service
GOOGLE MODERATOR
Killed about 7 years ago, Google Moderator was a service that used
crowdsourcing to rank user-submitted questions, suggestions and ideas. It was
almost 7 years old.
* 2011 - 2015
service
ANDROID @ HOME
Killed about 7 years ago, Android @ Home allowed a user’s device to discover,
connect, and communicate with devices and appliances in the home. It was
about 4 years old.
* 2013 - 2015
service
GOOGLE HELPOUTS
Killed over 7 years ago, Google Helpouts was an online collaboration service
where users could share their expertise through live video. It was over 1
year old.
* 2012 - 2015
app
YOUTUBE FOR PS VITA
Killed over 7 years ago, YouTube for PlayStation Vita was a native YouTube
browsing and viewing application for the PS Vita and PSTV game consoles. It
was over 2 years old.
* 2013 - 2015
service
BEBAPAY
Killed over 7 years ago, BebaPay was a form of electronic ticketing platform
in Nairobi, Kenya that was developed by Google in partnership with Equity
Bank. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2013 - 2015
hardware
GOOGLE PLAY EDITION
Killed over 7 years ago, Google Play Edition devices were a series of Android
smartphones and tablets sold by Google. It was over 1 year old.
* 2013 - 2015
hardware
GOOGLE GLASS EXPLORER EDITION
Killed over 7 years ago, Google Glass Explorer Edition was a wearable
computer with an optical head-mounted display and camera that allows the
wearer to interact with various applications and the Internet via natural
language voice commands. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2010 - 2015
app
WORD LENS
Killed over 7 years ago, Word Lens translated text in real time on images by
using the viewfinder of a device's camera without the need of an internet
connection; The technology was rolled into Google Translate. It was about 4
years old.
* 2004 - 2014
service
ORKUT
Killed almost 8 years ago, Orkut was a social network designed to help users
meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. It was over 10
years old.
* 2010 - 2014
hardware
GOOGLE TV
Killed about 8 years ago, Google TV was a smart TV platform that integrated
Android and Chrome to create an interactive television overlay. It was over 3
years old.
* 2013 - 2014
app
QUICKOFFICE
Killed about 8 years ago, Quickoffice was a productivity suite for mobile
devices which allowed the viewing, creating and editing of documents,
presentations and spreadsheets. It was 9 months old.
* 2007 - 2014
service
GOOGLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Killed about 8 years ago, Google Questions and Answers was a free knowledge
market that allowed users to collaboratively find answers to their questions.
It was almost 7 years old.
* 2012 - 2014
service
WILDFIRE INTERACTIVE
Killed over 8 years ago, Wildfire by Google was a social marketing
application that enabled businesses to create, optimize and measure their
presence on social networks. It was over 1 year old.
* 2012 - 2014
service
BUFFERBOX
Killed over 8 years ago, BufferBox was a Canadian startup that provided
consumers 24/7 convenience of picking up their online purchases. It was about
1 year old.
* 2013 - 2014
service
SLICKLOGIN
Killed over 8 years ago, SlickLogin was an Israeli start-up company which
developed sound-based password alternatives, was acquired by Google and
hasn't released anything since. It was 7 months old.
* 2011 - 2014
service
GOOGLE SCHEMER
Killed over 8 years ago, Google Schemer was a Google service for sharing and
discovering things to do. It was over 2 years old.
* 2010 - 2014
service
GOOGLE CHROME FRAME
Killed over 8 years ago, Google Chrome Frame was a plugin for Internet
Explorer that allowed web pages to be displayed using WebKit and the V8
JavaScript engine. It was over 3 years old.
* 2005 - 2014
service
GOOGLE NOTIFIER
Killed over 8 years ago, Google Notifier alerted users to new emails on their
Gmail account. It was about 9 years old.
* 2009 - 2014
app
BUMP!
Killed over 8 years ago, Bump! is a discontinued iOS and Android mobile app
that enables smartphone users to transfer contact information, photos and
files between devices. It was almost 5 years old.
* 2011 - 2014
service
GOOGLE OFFERS
Killed over 8 years ago, Google Offers was a service offering discounts and
coupons. Initially, it was a deal of the day website similar to Groupon. It
was over 2 years old.
* 2011 - 2013
app
GOOGLE CURRENTS
Killed over 8 years ago, Google Currents was a social magazine app by Google,
which was replaced by Google Play Newsstand. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2006 - 2013
service
GOOGLE CHECKOUT
Killed over 8 years ago, Google Checkout was an online payment processing
service that aimed to simplify the process of paying for online purchases. It
was over 7 years old.
* 2010 - 2013
service
GOOGLE TRADER
Killed almost 9 years ago, Google Trader was a classifieds service run by
Google in Ghana, Uganda, Kenya and Nigeria to help customers trade goods and
services online. It was almost 3 years old.
* 2005 - 2013
service
IGOOGLE
Killed almost 9 years ago, iGoogle was a customizable Ajax-based start page
or personal web portal. It was over 8 years old.
* 2009 - 2013
service
GOOGLE LATITUDE
Killed about 9 years ago, Google Latitude was a location-aware feature of
Google Maps, a successor to an earlier SMS-based service Dodgeball. It was
over 4 years old.
* 2005 - 2013
service
GOOGLE READER
Killed about 9 years ago, Google Reader was a RSS/Atom feed aggregator. It
was over 7 years old.
* 2012 - 2013
hardware
NEXUS Q
Killed about 9 years ago, Nexus Q was a digital media player that allowed
users with Android devices to stream content from supported services to a
connected television or speakers via an integrated amplifier. It was about 1
year old.
* 2011 - 2013
service
PUNCHD
Killed about 9 years ago, Punchd was a digital loyalty card app and service
targeted towards small businesses that originated as a student project at Cal
Poly in 2009 and was acquired by Google in 2011. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2009 - 2013
service
BUILDING MAKER
Killed about 9 years ago, Building Maker enabled users to create 3D models of
buildings for Google Earth on the browser. It was over 3 years old.
* 2005 - 2013
service
GOOGLE TALK
Killed about 9 years ago, Often remembered as 'Gchat', Google Talk was a
messaging service for both text and voice using XMPP. It was over 7 years
old.
* 2004 - 2013
service
GOOGLE SMS
Killed over 9 years ago, Google SMS let you text questions- including
weather, sports scores, word definitions, and more- to 466453 and get an
answer back. It was over 8 years old.
* 2008 - 2013
service
GOOGLE CLOUD CONNECT
Killed over 9 years ago, Google Cloud Connect was a free cloud computing
plugin for multiple versions of Microsoft Office that automatically stored
and synchronized files to Google Docs. It was about 5 years old.
* 2007 - 2013
service
PICNIK
Killed over 9 years ago, Picnik was an online photo editing service that
allowed users to edit, style, crop, and resize images. It was over 6 years
old.
* 2007 - 2012
service
GOOGLE CHART API
Killed over 9 years ago, Google Chart API was an interactive Web service that
created graphical charts from user-supplied data. It was about 5 years old.
* 2007 - 2012
hardware
GOOGLE MINI
Killed over 9 years ago, Google Mini was a smaller version of the Google
Search Appliance. It was about 5 years old.
* 2008 - 2012
service
ADSENSE FOR FEEDS
Killed over 9 years ago, AdSense for Feeds was a RSS-based service for
AdSense that allowed publishers to advertise on their RSS Feeds. It was over
4 years old.
* 2009 - 2012
app
GOOGLE LISTEN
Killed almost 10 years ago, Google Listen was an Android application that let
you search, subscribe, download, and stream podcasts and web audio. It was
about 3 years old.
* 2010 - 2012
service
GOOGLE REFINE
Killed almost 10 years ago, Google Refine was a standalone desktop
application for data cleanup and transformation to other formats. It was
almost 2 years old.
* 2011 - 2012
app
SPARROW
Killed almost 10 years ago, Sparrow was an email client for OS X and iOS.
Google acquired and then killed it. It was over 1 year old.
* 2008 - 2012
service
GOOGLE INSIGHTS FOR SEARCH
Killed almost 10 years ago, Google Insights for Search was a service used to
provide data about terms people searched in Google and was merged into Google
Trends. It was about 4 years old.
* 1999 - 2012
service
POSTINI
Killed almost 10 years ago, Postini was an e-mail, Web security, and
archiving service that filtered e-mail spam and malware (before it was
delivered to a client's mail server), e-mail archiving. It was about 13 years
old.
* 2005 - 2012
service
GOOGLE VIDEO
Killed almost 10 years ago, Google Video was a free video hosting service
from Google, similar to YouTube, that allowed video clips to be hosted on
Google servers and embedded on to other websites. It was over 7 years old.
* 2005 - 2012
service
MEEBO
Killed about 10 years ago, Meebo was a browser-based instant messaging
application which supported multiple IM services. It was almost 7 years old.
* 2009 - 2012
service
GOOGLE COMMERCE SEARCH
Killed about 10 years ago, Google Commerce Search was an enterprise search
service that powered online retail stores and e-commerce websites that
improved speed and accuracy. It was over 2 years old.
* 2011 - 2012
service
NEEDLEBASE
Killed about 10 years ago, Needlebase was a point-and-click tool for
extracting, sorting and visualizing data from across pages around the web. It
was about 1 year old.
* 2008 - 2012
service
KNOL
Killed over 10 years ago, Knol was a Google project that aimed to include
user-written articles on a range of topics. It was almost 4 years old.
* 2009 - 2012
service
GOOGLE WAVE
Killed over 10 years ago, Google Wave was an online communication and
collaborative real-time editor tool. It was over 2 years old.
* 2009 - 2012
service
GOOGLE FLU VACCINE FINDER
Killed over 10 years ago, Google Flu Vaccine Finder was a maps mash-up that
showed nearby vaccination places across the United States. It was over 2
years old.
* 2011 - 2012
service
GOOGLE ONE PASS
Killed over 10 years ago, Google One Pass was an online store developed by
Google for media publishers looking to sell subscriptions to their content.
It was about 1 year old.
* 2011 - 2012
service
GOOGLE RELATED
Killed over 10 years ago, Google Related was introduced to be an experimental
navigation assistant launched to help people find useful and interesting
information while surfing the web. It was 8 months old.
* 2005 - 2012
service
URCHIN
Killed over 10 years ago, Urchin was a web statistics analysis program
developed by Urchin Software Corporation. It analyzed web server log file
content and displayed the traffic information on that website based upon the
log data. It was almost 7 years old.
* 2005 - 2012
service
SLIDE
Killed over 10 years ago, Slide was a photo sharing software for social
networking services such as MySpace and Facebook. Later Slide began to make
applications and became the largest developer of third-party applications for
Facebook. It was almost 7 years old.
* 2008 - 2012
service
GOOGLE FRIEND CONNECT
Killed over 10 years ago, Google Friend Connect was a free social networking
site from 2008 to 2012. It was almost 4 years old.
* 2006 - 2012
service
JAIKU
Killed over 10 years ago, Jaiku was a social networking, micro-blogging and
lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter. It was almost 6 years old.
* 2006 - 2012
service
GOOGLE CODE SEARCH
Killed over 10 years ago, Google Code Search was a free beta product which
allowed users to search for open-source code on the Internet. It was over 5
years old.
* 2008 - 2012
service
GOOGLE HEALTH
Killed over 10 years ago, Google Health was a personal health information
centralization service that provided users a merged health record from
multiple sources. It was over 3 years old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
NOOP PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE
Killed over 10 years ago, Noop was a project by Google engineers Alex Eagle
and Christian Gruber aiming to develop a new programming language that
attempted to blend the best features of 'old' and 'new' languages and
best-practices. It was almost 3 years old.
* 2007 - 2011
service
APTURE
Killed over 10 years ago, Apture was a service that allowed publishers and
bloggers to link and incorporate multimedia into a dynamic layer above their
pages. It was over 4 years old.
* 2010 - 2011
service
GOOGLE BUZZ
Killed over 10 years ago, Google Buzz was a social networking, microblogging
and messaging tool that integrated with Gmail. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2007 - 2011
service
GEARS
Killed over 10 years ago, Gears (aka Google Gears) was utility software that
aimed to create more powerful web apps by adding offline storage and other
additional features to web browsers. It was over 4 years old.
* 2008 - 2011
service
GOOGLE NOTEBOOK
Killed almost 11 years ago, Google Notebook allowed users to save and
organize clips of information while conducting research online. It was over 3
years old.
* 2010 - 2011
service
ZYGOTEBODY
Killed almost 11 years ago, ZygoteBody, formerly Google Body, is a web
application by Zygote Media Group that renders manipulable 3D anatomical
models of the human body. It was 10 months old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
GOOGLE POWERMETER
Killed almost 11 years ago, Google PowerMeter was a software project of
Google's philanthropic arm that helped consumers track their home electricity
usage. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
GOOGLE SQUARED
Killed almost 11 years ago, Google Squared was an information extraction and
relationship extraction product that compiled structured data into a
spreadsheet-like format. It was over 2 years old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
GOOGLE SIDEWIKI
Killed almost 11 years ago, Google Sidewiki was a browser sidebar tool that
allowed users to contribute information to any web page. It was almost 2
years old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
AARDVARK
Killed almost 11 years ago, Aardvark was a social search service that
connected users live with friends or friends-of-friends who were able to
answer their questions. It was over 2 years old.
* 2006 - 2011
service
GOOGLE PACK
Killed almost 11 years ago, Google Pack was a collection of software tools
offered by Google to download in a single archive. It was announced at the
2006 Consumer Electronics Show, on January 6. Google Pack was only available
for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. It was over 5 years old.
* 2008 - 2011
service
GOOGLE DESKTOP
Killed almost 11 years ago, Google Desktop allowed local searches of a user's
emails, computer files, music, photos, chats and Web pages viewed. It was
over 3 years old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
GOOGLE FAST FLIP
Killed almost 11 years ago, Google Fast Flip was an online news aggregator,
something of a high tech microfiche. It was almost 2 years old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
GOOGLE DICTIONARY
Killed about 11 years ago, Google Dictionary was a standalone online
dictionary service. It was over 1 year old.
* 2002 - 2011
service
GOOGLE LABS
Killed about 11 years ago, Google Labs was a technology playground used by
Google to demonstrate and test new projects. It was about 9 years old.
* 2007 - 2011
service
GOOGLE REBANG
Killed about 11 years ago, Rebang was a Zeitgeist-like service centered on
providing service to a Chinese audience. It was incorporated into Google Labs
as of late 2010, and later discontinued along with its parent project. It was
over 4 years old.
* 2000 - 2011
service
GOOGLE DIRECTORY
Killed about 11 years ago, Google Directory was an Internet website directory
organized into 14 main categories that allowed users to explore the web. It
was over 11 years old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
GOOGLE IMAGE SWIRL
Killed about 11 years ago, Google Image Swirl was an enhancement to the image
search tool that came out of Google Labs. It built on top of image search by
grouping images with similar visual and semantic qualities. It was over 1
year old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
GOOGLE REAL-TIME SEARCH
Killed about 11 years ago, Google Real-Time Search provided live search
results from Twitter, Facebook, and news websites. It was over 1 year old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
GOOGLE SCRIPT CONVERTER
Killed about 11 years ago, Google Script Converter was an online
transliteration tool for transliteration (script conversion) between Hindi,
Romanagari and various other scripts. It's ended because Google shut down
Google Labs and all associated projects. It was over 1 year old.
* 2002 - 2011
service
GOOGLE SETS
Killed about 11 years ago, Google Sets generates a list of items when users
enter a few examples. For example, entering "Green, Purple, Red" emits the
list "Green, Purple, Red, Blue, Black, White, Yellow, Orange, Brown". It was
about 9 years old.
* 1997 - 2011
service
GOOGLE SPECIALIZED SEARCH
Killed about 11 years ago, Google Specialized Search allowed users to search
across a limited index of the web for specialised topics like Linux,
Microsoft, and 'Uncle Sam.' It was over 13 years old.
* 2010 - 2011
service
GOOGLE HOTPOT
Killed over 11 years ago, Google Hotpot was a local recommendation engine
that allowed people to rate restaurants, hotels, etc. and share them with
friends. It was 5 months old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
GIZMO5
Killed over 11 years ago, Gizmo5 was a VOIP communications network and a
proprietary freeware soft phone for that network. It was over 1 year old.
* 2009 - 2011
service
REAL ESTATE ON GOOGLE MAPS
Killed over 11 years ago, Real Estate on Google Maps enabled users to find
places for sale or rent in an area they were interested in. It was over 1
year old.
* 2010 - 2011
service
FFLICK
Killed over 11 years ago, fflick was a review, information, and news website
that used information from aggregated Tweets to rate movies as positive or
negative. It was 6 months old.
* 2005 - 2010
service
GOOGLE BASE
Killed over 11 years ago, Google Base was a database provided by Google into
which any user can add almost any type of content, such as text, images, and
structured information. It was about 5 years old.
* 2007 - 2010
service
GOOG-411
Killed over 11 years ago, GOOG-411 (or Google Voice Local Search) was a
telephone service that provided a speech-recognition-based business directory
search. It was over 3 years old.
* 2008 - 2010
service
BUMPTOP
Killed over 12 years ago, BumpTop was a skeuomorphic desktop environment app
that simulates the normal behavior and physical properties of a real-world
desk and enhances it with automatic tools to organize its contents. It was
about 2 years old.
* 2008 - 2010
service
GOOGLE SEARCHWIKI
Killed over 12 years ago, SearchWiki was a Google Search feature which
allowed logged-in users to annotate and re-order search results. It was over
1 year old.
* 2006 - 2010
service
YOUTUBE STREAMS
Killed over 12 years ago, YouTube Streams allowed users to watch a YouTube
video together while chatting about the video in real time. It was about 3
years old.
* 1998 - 2010
service
MARRATECH E-MEETINGS
Killed over 12 years ago, Marratech was a Swedish company that made software
for e-meetings (e.g., web conferencing, videoconferencing). It was about 11
years old.
* 2002 - 2009
service
GOOGLE WEB APIS
Killed over 12 years ago, The Google Web APIs were a free SOAP service for
doing Google searches so that developers could use the results in almost any
way they wanted. It was over 7 years old.
* 2005 - 2009
service
GOOGLE RIDE FINDER
Killed almost 13 years ago, Google Ride Finder was a service that used GPS
data to pinpoint and map the location of taxis, limos, and shuttle vehicles
available for hire in 10 U.S. metro areas. It was over 4 years old.
* 2005 - 2009
service
GOOGLE TOOLBAR FOR FIREFOX
Killed almost 13 years ago, Google Toolbar for Firefox It was about 4 years
old.
* 2007 - 2009
hardware
GOOGLE RADIO AUTOMATION
Killed about 13 years ago, Google Radio Automation was a hardware and
software service used by radio operators to automate song playing among other
radio station functions. It was over 2 years old.
* 2008 - 2009
service
ON2 FLIX CLOUD
Killed about 13 years ago, Flix Cloud was a high-capacity online video
encoding service. It was 9 months old.
* 2007 - 2009
service
GOOGLE MASHUP EDITOR
Killed about 13 years ago, Google Mashup Editor was an online web mashup
creation service with publishing, syntax highlighting, and debugging. It was
about 2 years old.
* 2007 - 2009
service
GOOGLE SHARED STUFF
Killed over 13 years ago, Google Shared Stuff was a web page sharing system
that allowed users to bookmark pages and share it. It was over 1 year old.
* 2005 - 2009
service
GRAND CENTRAL
Killed over 13 years ago, Grand Central was a Voice over IP service that was
acquired by Google, and turned into Google Voice. It was about 4 years old.
* 2003 - 2009
service
DODGEBALL
Killed over 13 years ago, Dodgeball was a location-based social network where
users texted their location to the service, and it notified them of friends
and points of interest nearby. It was over 5 years old.
* 2008 - 2009
service
GOOGLE AUDIO ADS
Killed over 13 years ago, Google Audio Ads service allowed advertisers to run
campaigns on AM/FM radio stations in US using the AdWords interface. It was 7
months old.
* 2008 - 2008
service
GOOGLE LIVELY
Killed over 13 years ago, Google Lively was a web-based virtual environment
that provided a new way to access information. It was 6 months old.
* 2006 - 2008
service
SEARCHMASH
Killed over 13 years ago, SearchMash was an experimental, non-branded search
engine that Google used to be able to play around with new search
technologies, concepts and interfaces. It was about 2 years old.
* 2006 - 2008
service
GOOGLE PAGE CREATOR
Killed almost 14 years ago, Google Page Creator was a website creation and
hosting service that allowed users to build basic websites with no HTML
knowledge. It was about 2 years old.
* 2006 - 2008
service
SEND TO PHONE
Killed almost 14 years ago, Google Send to Phone was an add-on to send links
and other information from Firefox to their phone by text message. It was
almost 2 years old.
* 2006 - 2008
service
GOOGLE BROWSER SYNC
Killed about 14 years ago, Google Browser Sync was a Firefox extension that
synced information like passwords and browsing history. It was about 2 years
old.
* 2002 - 2008
service
HELLO
Killed about 14 years ago, Hello was a service by Picasa that let users share
pictures "like you're sitting side-by-side." It was almost 6 years old.
* 2005 - 2008
service
GOOGLE WEB ACCELERATOR
Killed over 14 years ago, Google Web Accelerator was a client-side software
that increased the load speed of web pages. It was over 2 years old.
* 2001 - 2007
service
ZEITGEIST
Killed over 14 years ago, Google Zeitgeist was a weekly, monthly, and yearly
snapshot in time of what people were searching for on Google all over the
world. It was almost 7 years old.
* 2004 - 2007
service
GOOGLE CLICK-TO-CALL
Killed over 14 years ago, Google Click-to-Call allowed a user to speak
directly over the phone to businesses found in search results. It was almost
4 years old.
* 2006 - 2007
service
GOOGLE VIDEO PLAYER
Killed almost 15 years ago, The Google Video Player plays back files in
Google's own Google Video File (.gvi) media format and supported playlists in
'Google Video Pointer' (.gvp) format. It was 12 months old.
* 2006 - 2007
service
GOOGLE VIDEO MARKETPLACE
Killed about 15 years ago, Google Video Marketplace was a service that
included a store where videos could be bought and rented. It was over 1 year
old.
* 2002 - 2006
service
GOOGLE ANSWERS
Killed over 15 years ago, Google Answers was an online knowledge market. It
was over 4 years old.
* 2005 - 2006
service
WRITELY
Killed almost 16 years ago, Writely was a Web-based word processor. It was
about 1 year old.
* 2002 - 2006
service
GOOGLE PUBLIC SERVICE SEARCH
Killed almost 16 years ago, Google Public Service Search provided
governmental, non-profit and academic organizational search results without
ads. It was over 4 years old.
* 2003 - 2006
service
GOOGLE DESKBAR
Killed over 16 years ago, Google Deskbar was a small inset window on the
Windows toolbar and allowed users to perform searches without leaving the
desktop. It was over 2 years old.
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