Google’s abuse of Fitbit continues with web app shutdown
Users say the app, which is now the only Fitbit interface, lacks matching features.
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Series: Google kills product
Google is killing off the messaging service inside Google Maps
Google Maps has had its own chat platform since 2018, but it’s shutting down in July.
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Google kills “One” VPN service, says “people simply weren’t using it”
Did anyone want a VPN from the Internet’s largest data collector?
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Google Podcasts shuts down tomorrow, April 2
Building a podcast player into Google Search was always a weird plan.
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Google’s phone app no longer searches Google Maps
Google’s search-infused phone app was touted as a major feature a few years ago.
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Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead
Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.
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Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts
Does this mean YouTube Podcasts is ready for prime time?
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Google News is shutting down purchased magazine content, offering refunds
Google offers static PDF downloads for some content, refunds for others.
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This week’s dead Google products: Google Podcasts, basic Gmail, and more!
A thrilling roundup of the things Google has killed this week.
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Google is killing Play Movies & TV, will only have three video stores left
Conveniently, Google still sells video content through YouTube, Android TV, and Google TV.
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Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months
Two years on a Pixel Pass was supposed to get you a new phone.
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Waymo kills off autonomous trucking program
Ride-hailing will let Waymo focus on “near-term” commercial success.
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Google Assistant kills off support for third-party note apps
The Google Assistant continues to circle the drain, with yet another feature loss.
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YouTube Stories, Google’s clone of Snapchat, is dying on June 26
Google’s clone of TikTok is a decent replacement for its clone of Snapchat.
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RIP to Dropcams, Nest Secure: Google is shutting down servers next year
Sales ended years ago, but they’ll turn into bricks when the servers shut down.
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Google Assistant might be doomed: Division “reorganizes” to focus on Bard
The Google Assistant makes no money and hasn’t released hardware in two years.
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Stadia’s pivot to a cloud service has also been shut down
After Stadia’s commercial failure, the pivot to Immersive Stream for Games is dead, too.
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Google kills “Duplex on the Web,” an automated website navigation feature
Google wanted to click through websites on your behalf, but did that solve a problem?
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Google kills Stadia, will refund game purchases
The inevitable death of Google’s game-streaming service happens early next year.
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Google’s cost-cutting kills Pixelbook division
Google hasn’t made a laptop in 3 years and won’t be making one any time soon.
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YouTube Go is dead, and you can probably blame YouTube Premium
YouTube Go offered free offline videos, but now you’ll need YouTube Premium.
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So nice they killed it twice: Google+’s business pivot is dead
Who remembered that “Google Currents” was still available for businesses? Anybody?
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Google relents: Legacy G Suite users will be able to migrate to free accounts
Last week, Google essentially told free G Suite users “pay up or lose your account.”
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Google to free G Suite users: Pay up or lose your account
Have a free G Suite account from 2006-2012? You have until May to fork over cash.
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Google kills YouTube Originals, its original video content group
YouTube content group produced exclusive shows like Scare PewDiePie and Cobra Kai.
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Take one last look at Google Toolbar, which is now dead
Google Toolbar is dead, but we took it out for one last spin before it died.
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Google is killing Android Auto for phones (if you even know what that is)
This app had an Android Auto-like interface, but for people without compatible cars.
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Google kills its augmented reality “Measure” app
App let you measure things with your smartphone.
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Google is killing “Google Play Movies & TV” on smart TVs
Smart TV users get pushed to YouTube, other OSes get Google TV or Play Movies.
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Google is killing the Google Shopping app
In a few weeks, the Shopping tab on Google.com will be the main interface.
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Google’s VR dreams are dead: Google Cardboard is no longer for sale
Google Cardboard is still open source, but Google is done with the project.
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Ex-Stadia developers dish on Google’s mismanagement and poor communication
Former Stadia developers “shocked” by surprise shutdown of Google’s game studio.
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Google closes Stadia’s dedicated game studios after less than 2 years
Service isn’t changing, but path to streaming-exclusive games will clearly narrow.
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Loon’s bubble bursts—Alphabet shuts down Internet balloon company
After eight years, Loon couldn’t find a “long-term, sustainable business.”
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Google kills Android Things, its IoT OS, in January
Google promised three years of updates at launch but stopped updates after one year.
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The Google Home Max is dead—Google shuts down production
The Home Max was $400. It weighed 12 pounds. It was probably too expensive.
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