Google is planning to introduce Currents, an internal enterprise communication platform, as a replacement to its defunct social network Google Plus, in the first week of the next month.
The tech giant reportedly communicated this message through an email to its G Suite administrators on Friday.
The end of Google Plus marks a new beginning for Google Currents
The company initially introduced a beta version of Google Currents internal enterprise communication platform to some of its G Suite users following the shutdown of Google Plus services in April last year. However, the latest move will permanently replace Google Plus starting next month.
Google introduced Google Plus in an effort to compete with social networking giants like Facebook and Twitter, however, became unsuccessful.
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Resembles enterprise communication and collaboration platforms
According to the tech giant’s website, G Suite Enterprise administrators can now use Currents to engage employees in having meaningful discussions. This resembles major unified communication and collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams.
Along with workplace communication, G Suite admins can also use the Currents platform for video meetings through the home stream, file storage, and application integration. They can also use the platform to measure employee engagement and find valuable insights.
Currents is available to all users included under G Suite subscription and, following its rollout next month, the platform will allow all employees to engage in meaningful discussions at every level of their organization.
In a testimonial on Google’s website, Donna Chornawka, the managing director of Team Member Collaboration and Enablement at ATB Financial, said,
“Currents has helped us connect ideas and employees across our company. The upcoming features that we are testing make it even easier to get information to those in other regions and functions and engage in conversation at all levels of our company. We look forward to seeing these roll out.”
Google also introduced a magazine app named “Currents” previously, which, following a few iterations, transformed into Google News.