Google Replaces Google+ with Currents on Android and iOS

After shutting downGoogle+ for consumers, Google announced its plans toreplace Google+ with Google Currentsfor enterprise users last month. The service is now out of beta and is available now.

To implement the transition,Google has rebranded Google+ app on Android and iOS to Google Currents. The apps have gained the new Google Currents logo and a slightly refreshed look.

In case you’re wondering,Google Currents is intended to be used only by enterprise customers. Hence, the company has added a few enterprise-friendly changes such as better content moderation.

Take a look at the official changelog below:

AsThe Vergepoints out, this is not the first time Google is using the name “Currents” for its app. There existed a magazine app with the same name until 2013. Google eventually transitioned that app toGoogle News.

It remains to be seen if Google’s efforts to resurrect its enterprise communications app would gain traction. From the looks of it, general customers whose phones shipped with Google+ as a system app are now complaining about the existence of a useless app on their phones.

Download Google Currents (Android|iOS)

Subin B

Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.

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