In recent years, Google has been characterized as one of the largest companies in the development of technological products. Throughout its history, there have been several released applications of its authorship. While some were successful, others disappeared entirely.
The company worked on the invention of innovative and attractive services; however, most of these projects fail the tests and remain in beta. For users, the use of essential tools that help them at work, home or school are key elements that the brand has to offer.
Most users don’t know when some of their favorite apps expire, only to find out after a day that they are unavailable. Some of the most memorable in the Google Play Music player are Hangouts, Trusted, and Shoenlance.
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There are many apps that don’t meet Google standards, some were not well received by the public, some were forgotten and some were eliminated.
The long list brings together more than 200 products. The company even released a browser where you can check all the services that are not available, their creation dates and withdrawal dates. This is the Killed By Google app (Killed by Google).
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One of the most used services was Google Play Music. This app was pre-installed on Android devices but was removed overnight.
For those who don’t remember, Google Play Music was a music streaming service and digital audio file. There was an online version of this that brought together various artists and compiled albums. However, after nine years of operation, it left the product catalog in 2020.
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Shoelace was removed three years ago, this was an app to find group activities with others who shared the same interests.
It can be said that its duration is very short, as it came out at the beginning of 2019 and did not stay in 2020 after 11 months.
The removal of this product was eight months ago. Google Hangouts was a cross-platform instant messaging service. It was released in 2013.
The discontinued product was proposed as a chat to resume conversations in real time between two or more people, something like WhatsApp. With the advent of the latter, it eclipsed all the possibilities Hangouts had.
Trusted Contact was a platform that helped users build a trusted contact list. You can share your private location with them and can be tracked for a long time.
This was an idea to give people more security when it was time to go out because people close to them could be notified. However, it was removed in 2020 after four years of operation.
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