Google dead product, services, and devices list

 

Google+

Sentenced to death in about 2 months, Google+ was an Internet-based social network. It was almost 8 years old

March
2019

Inbox by Gmail

Expires in 17 days, Inbox by Gmail aimed to improve email through several key features. It was almost 4 years old.

March
2019

Google URL Shortener

Expires in 16 days, Google URL Shortener, also known as goo.gl, is a URL shortening service. It was over 9 years old.

2016 – 2019

Google Allo

Killed 1 day ago, Google Allo is an instant messaging mobile app by Google. It will be rebranded as Google Chat. It was over 2 years old.

2015 – 2019

Chromecast Audio

Killed 2 months 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.

2001 – 2018

Google Search Appliance

Killed 2 months ago, Google Search Appliance was a rack-mounted device that provided document indexing functionality. It was almost 17 years old.

2016 – 2018

Google News & Weather

Killed 5 months ago, Google News & Weather is a news aggregator application developed by Google. On May 8, 2018, Google announced that it was merging Google Play Newsstand and Google News & Weather into a single service, called Google News. It was available on the Android and iOS operating systems. It was about 2 years old.

2018 – 2018

Reply

Killed 5 months 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

Tez

Killed 7 months 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

Google Goggles

Killed 7 months ago, Google Goggles was used for searches based on pictures taken by handheld devices. It was almost 8 years old.

2016 – 2018

Save to Google Chrome Extension

Killed 7 months 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.

2010 – 2018

Encrypted Search

Killed 11 months ago, Encrypted Search provided users with anonymous internet searching. It was almost 8 years old.

2010 – 2018

qpx-express-API

Killed 11 months 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

Google Site Search

Killed 12 months 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.

2014 – 2017

Project Tango

Killed about 1 year ago, Project Tango was an API for augmented reality apps that was killed and replaced by ARCore. It was about 3 years old.

2010 – 2017

Google Chrome Apps

Killed over 1 year ago, Google Chrome Apps were a hosted or packaged web application that ran on the Google Chrome browser. It was about 7 years old.

2006 – 2017

Google Portfolios

Killed over 1 year ago, Portfolios was a feature available in Google Finance to track personal financial securities. It was over 11 years old.

2007 – 2017

Trendalyzer

Killed over 1 year ago, Trendalyzer was a data trend viewing platform. It was over 10 years old.

2013 – 2017

Glass OS

Killed over 1 year 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

Google Map Maker

Killed almost 2 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

Chromebook Pixel

Killed about 2 years ago, Chromebook Pixel was a high-end Chromebook laptop mixing Chrome OS with an Intel i5, 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 32GB SSD, and a 2,560×1,700 12.85in screen. It was about 4 years old.

2016 – 2017

Google Spaces

Killed about 2 years ago, Google Spaces was an app for group discussions and messaging. It was 9 months old.

2016 – 2017

Google Hands Free

Killed about 2 years ago, Google Hands Free was a mobile payment system that allowed users to pay their bill by simply saying ‘I’ll pay with Google.’ It used Bluetooth to wirelessly connect to payment terminals, and that longer range meant that you could keep your phone in your pocket. It was 11 months old.

2005 – 2016

Panoramio

Killed over 2 years ago, Panoramio was geo-located tagging, photo sharing mashup product. It was about 11 years old.

2005 – 2016

Google Showtimes

Killed over 2 years ago, Google Showtimes was a standalone movie search result page. It was about 11 years old.

2010 – 2016

Google Nexus

Killed over 2 years ago, Google Nexus was Google’s line of flagship Android phones, tablets, and accessories. It was over 6 years old.

2011 – 2016

Google Hangouts On Air

Killed over 2 years ago, Google Hangouts On Air — Google’s live-streaming service — has moved to YouTube Live in September 2016. The service was originally created in 2012 when live-streaming was catching on and was once used by President Obama and Pope Francis. It was over 4 years old.

2013 – 2016

Project Ara

Killed over 2 years ago, Project Ara was a modular smartphone project under development by Google. It was almost 3 years old.

2012 – 2016

Web Hosting in Google Drive

Killed over 2 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

Google Swiffy

Killed over 2 years ago, Google Swiffy was a web-based tool that converted SWF files to HTML5. It was about 5 years old.

2014 – 2016

Nexus Player

Killed almost 3 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.

2007 – 2016

Freebase

Killed almost 3 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

Google Now

Killed almost 3 years ago, Google Now was a feature of Google Search that offered predictive cards with information and daily updates in the Google app for Android and iOS. It was almost 4 years old.

2009 – 2016

MyTracks

Killed almost 3 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.

2014 – 2016

Google Compare

Killed about 3 years ago, Google Compare allowed consumers to compare several offers ranging from insurance, mortgage, and credit cards. It was about 1 year old.

2013 – 2016

Pie

Killed about 3 years ago, Pie was a work-centric groupchat website and app comparable to Slack. It was over 2 years old.

2013 – 2016

Google Maps Engine

Killed about 3 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

Songza

Killed about 3 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

Google Code

Killed about 3 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

Google Blog Search API

Killed about 3 years ago, Google Blog Search API was a way to search blogs utilizing Google. It was over 10 years old.

2011 – 2015

Timeful

Killed over 3 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

Picasa

Killed over 3 years ago, Picasa was an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos. It was almost 13 years old.

2009 – 2015

Google X

Killed over 3 years ago, Google X was an American semi-secret research & development organization which now operates as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. It was almost 6 years old.

2008 – 2015

Google Flu Trends

Killed over 3 years ago, Google Flu Trends was a service attempting to make accurate predictions about flu activity. It was almost 7 years old.

2011 – 2015

Google Catalogs

Killed over 3 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

Google Moderator

Killed over 3 years ago, Google Moderator was a service that used crowdsourcing to rank user-submitted questions, suggestions and ideas. It was almost 7 years old.

2013 – 2015

Google Helpouts

Killed almost 4 years ago, Google Helpouts was an online collaboration service where users to share their expertise through live video. It was over 1 year old.

2013 – 2015

BebaPay

Killed almost 4 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

Google Glass

Killed about 4 years ago, Google Glass 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. Glass now only lives on as Enterprise Product. It was almost 2 years old.

2014 – 2014

Google Play

Killed about 4 years ago, Google Play was an edition of an Android phone that Google sold. It was 8 months old.

2004 – 2014

Orkut

Killed over 4 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

Google TV

Killed over 4 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.

2007 – 2014

Google Questions and Answers

Killed over 4 years ago, Google Questions and Answers was a free knowledge market that allowed users to collaboratively find good answers to their questions. It was almost 7 years old.

2012 – 2014

Wildfire Interactive

Killed about 5 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

BufferBox

Killed about 5 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

SlickLogin

Killed about 5 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

Google Schemer

Killed about 5 years ago, Google Schemer was a Google service for sharing and discovering things to do. It was over 2 years old.

2010 – 2014

Google Chrome Frame

Killed about 5 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.

2004 – 2014

Google Notifier

Killed about 5 years ago, Google Notifier alerted users to new messages in their Gmail account. It was about 9 years old.

2009 – 2014

Bump!

Killed about 5 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.

2013 – 2014

Quickoffice

Killed about 5 years ago, Quickoffice was a productivity suite for mobile devices which allowed viewing, creating and editing documents, presentations and spreadsheets. It was 4 months old.

2011 – 2013

Google Offers

Killed about 5 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

Google Currents

Killed over 5 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

Google Checkout

Killed over 5 years ago, Google Checkout was an online payment processing service provided by Google aimed at simplifying the process of paying for online purchases. It was discontinued on November 20, 2013 and the service moved to Google Wallet. It was over 7 years old.

2005 – 2013

iGoogle

Killed over 5 years ago, iGoogle was a customizable Ajax-based start page or personal web portal. It was over 8 years old.

2009 – 2013

Google Latitude

Killed over 5 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

Google Reader

Killed over 5 years ago, Google Reader was a RSS/Atom feed aggregator. It was over 7 years old.

2012 – 2013

Nexus Q

Killed over 5 years ago, Nexus Q was a digital media player that allowed users to stream content from supported services to a connected television. It was about 1 year old.

2009 – 2013

Building Maker

Killed almost 6 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

Google Talk

Killed almost 6 years ago, Often remembered as ‘Gchat’, Google Talk was a messaging service for both text and voice using XMPP. Google later replaced Google Talk with Hangouts. It was over 7 years old.

2004 – 2013

Google SMS

Killed almost 6 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

Google Cloud Connect

Killed almost 6 years ago, Google Cloud Connect was a free cloud computing plug-in for Windows Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 that can automatically store and synchronize any Microsoft Word document, PowerPoint presentation, or Excel spreadsheet to Google Docs in Google Docs or Microsoft Office formats. It was about 5 years old.

2006 – 2013

Picnik

Killed almost 6 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

Google Chart API

Killed about 6 years ago, Google Chart API was an interactive Web service that creates graphical charts from user-supplied data. It was about 5 years old.

2007 – 2012

Google Mini

Killed about 6 years ago, Google Mini was a smaller version of the Google Search Appliance. It was about 5 years old.

2008 – 2012

AdSense for Feeds

Killed over 6 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

Google Listen

Killed over 6 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

Google Refine

Killed over 6 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

Sparrow

Killed over 6 years ago, Sparrow was an email client for OS X and iOS. They acquired and then killed it. It was over 1 year old.

2008 – 2012

Google Insights for Search

Killed over 6 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

Postini

Killed over 6 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

Google Video

Killed over 6 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

Meebo

Killed over 6 years ago, Meebo was a browser-based instant messaging application which supported multiple IM services. It was almost 7 years old.

2011 – 2012

Needlebase

Killed almost 7 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

Knol

Killed almost 7 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

Google Wave

Killed almost 7 years ago, Google Wave was an online communication and collaborative real-time editor tool. It was over 2 years old.

2009 – 2012

Google Flu Vaccine Finder

Killed almost 7 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

Google One Pass

Killed almost 7 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.

2005 – 2012

Urchin

Killed almost 7 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

Slide

Killed about 7 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

Google Friend Connect

Killed about 7 years ago, Google Friend Connect was a free social networking site from 2008 to 2012. It was almost 4 years old.

2009 – 2012

Google Sky Map

Killed about 7 years ago, Google Sky Map was an augmented reality star mapping application for Android devices. It was over 2 years old.

2006 – 2012

Jaiku

Killed about 7 years ago, Jaiku was a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable to Twitter. It was almost 6 years old.

2006 – 2012

Google Code Search

Killed about 7 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 – 2011

Google Health

Killed about 7 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.

2008 – 2011

Noop Programming Language

Killed about 7 years ago, Noop was a project by Google engineers Alex Eagle and Christian Gruber aiming to develop a new programming language. Noop attempted to blend the best features of ‘old’ and ‘new’ languages, while syntactically encouraging well accepted programming best-practices. Noop was initially targeted to run on the Java Virtual Machine. It was almost 3 years old.

2007 – 2011

Apture

Killed about 7 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

Google Buzz

Killed about 7 years ago, Google Buzz was a social networking, microblogging and messaging tool that integrated with Gmail. It was almost 2 years old.

2007 – 2011

Gears

Killed over 7 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

Google Notebook

Killed over 7 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

ZygoteBody

Killed over 7 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

Google PowerMeter

Killed over 7 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

Google Squared

Killed over 7 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

Google Sidewiki

Killed over 7 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

Aardvark

Killed over 7 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

Google Pack

Killed over 7 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.

2007 – 2011

Google Desktop

Killed over 7 years ago, Google Desktop allowed local searches of user’s email messages, computer files, music, photos, chats, Web pages viewed. It was over 3 years old.

2009 – 2011

Google Fast Flip

Killed over 7 years ago, Google Fast Flip was an online news aggregator, something of a high tech microfiche. It was almost 2 years old.

2009 – 2011

Google Dictionary

Killed over 7 years ago, Google Dictionary was a standalone online dictionary service. It was over 1 year old.

2002 – 2011

Google Labs

Killed over 7 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

Google Rebang

Killed over 7 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

Google Directory

Killed over 7 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

Google Image Swirl

Killed over 7 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

Google Real-Time Search

Killed over 7 years ago, Google Real-Time Search provided live search results from Twitter, Facebook, and news websites. It was over 1 year old.

2009 – 2011

Google Script Converter

Killed over 7 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.

2010 – 2011

Google Hotpot

Killed almost 8 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

Gizmo5

Killed almost 8 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

Real Estate On Google Maps

Killed about 8 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

fflick

Killed about 8 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

Google Base

Killed about 8 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

GOOG-411

Killed over 8 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

BumpTop

Killed almost 9 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

Google SearchWiki

Killed about 9 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.

1998 – 2010

Marratech e-meetings

Killed about 9 years ago, Marratech was a Swedish company that made software for e-meetings (e.g., web conferencing, videoconferencing). It was about 11 years old.

2005 – 2009

Google Ride Finder

Killed over 9 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.

2008 – 2009

On2 Flix Cloud

Killed over 9 years ago, Flix Cloud was a high-capacity online video encoding service using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). On 19 February 2010, Google acquired On2 Technologies for $124.6 million in Google stock. After this purchase, the following message was posted on the on2.com website: “The On2 products Flix Pro, Flix Standard, Flix Exporter, Flix PowerPlayers, Flix Live, Flix DirectShow SDK, Flix Publisher and Flix Engine are no longer for sale.” It was 9 months old.

2007 – 2009

Google Mashup Editor

Killed over 9 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

Google Shared Stuff

Killed almost 10 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.

2004 – 2009

Grand Central

Killed about 10 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

Dodgeball

Killed about 10 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 – 2008

Google Lively

Killed about 10 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

SearchMash

Killed over 10 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

Google Page Creator

Killed over 10 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

Send to Phone

Killed over 10 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

Google Browser Sync

Killed over 10 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

Hello

Killed almost 11 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

Google Web Accelerator

Killed about 11 years ago, Google Web Accelerator was a client-side software that increased the load speed of web pages. It was over 2 years old.

2000 – 2007

Zeitgeist

Killed about 11 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.

2003 – 2007

Google Click-to-Call

Killed over 11 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

Google Video Player

Killed over 11 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

Google Video Marketplace

Killed over 11 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

Google Answers

Killed over 12 years ago, Google Answers was an online knowledge market. It was over 4 years old.

2005 – 2006

Writely

Killed over 12 years ago, Writely was a Web-based word processor. It was about 1 year old.

2001 – 2006

Google Public Service Search

Killed over 12 years ago, Google Public Service search provided government, non-profits, and academic organizations search results without ads. It was over 4 years old.

2003 – 2006

Google Deskbar

Killed almost 13 years ago, Google Deskbar was a small inset window on the Windows toolbar and lets users perform searches without leaving desktop. It was over 2 years old.

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