{"id":19624,"date":"2020-06-30T11:35:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T15:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=19624"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:54","slug":"google-currents-will-replace-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/30\/google-currents-will-replace-google\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Currents will replace Google+"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-700x587.png\" alt=\"&quot; &quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-700x587.png 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-239x200.png 239w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-167x140.png 167w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-665x557.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM.png 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google has announced they will be transitioning Google+ over to an updated service called <a href=\"https:\/\/gsuite.google.com\/products\/currents\/\"><strong>Google Currents<\/strong><\/a>. Starting on <strong>July 6, 2020<\/strong>, you will begin to lose access to Google+ and all existing communities will begin the transition to Currents. <strong>No action is required by you or your team<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google Currents is a rebranding of Google+ with an updated interface and a set of new features. Currents offers a more streamlined experience to collaborate on and exchange ideas across the university. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/a\/answer\/9339912\">Get started with Currents<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What should I expect?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All users and existing Google+ content will be <strong>automatically transitioned<\/strong> to Currents.<\/li><li>All existing links to <a href=\"http:\/\/plus.google.com\">plus.google.com<\/a> will continue to work. These links will automatically be redirected to <a href=\"http:\/\/currents.google.com\">currents.google.com<\/a>.<\/li><li>The Google Currents Android and iOS apps will replace Google+\u2019s mobile apps, which will <strong>no longer be supported<\/strong>. Within your Google+ app, you will be prompted to upgrade to the new Currents app to continue to use the service on mobile. If you have auto-update enabled on your phone, your app will be automatically upgraded to Currents.<\/li><li>In the days prior to the transition, you may see a banner in Google+ notifying you of the launch of Google Currents. The banner will also include links to relevant G Suite Help Center articles.<\/li><li><strong>There will be no option to revert back to Google+<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Google, this transition will begin on <strong>July 6, 2020,<\/strong> and could take <strong>5 days or longer<\/strong> to complete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced they will be transitioning Google+ over to an updated service called Google Currents. Starting on July 6, 2020, you will begin to lose access to Google+ and all existing communities will begin the transition to Currents. No action is required by you or your team. Google Currents is a rebranding of Google+ with an updated\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/30\/google-currents-will-replace-google\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[315,87],"class_list":["post-19624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-services","tag-collaboration","tag-google"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM.png",1074,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-167x140.png",167,140,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-239x200.png",239,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-768x644.png",665,558,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-700x587.png",600,503,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM.png",1074,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM.png",1074,900,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-200x140.png",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-658x300.png",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM-665x557.png",665,557,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-30-at-11.19.51-AM.png",298,250,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Google has announced they will be transitioning Google+ over to an updated service called Google Currents. 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