For business users, G+ didn’t die—it was rebranded as Google Currents in 2019. Currents kept the G+ interface and features (streams, communities, following) strictly for Workspace customers. Even that is now being phased out (2023–2024), with features moving to Spaces in Google Chat .
The platform is dead. Its interface ideas are everywhere.
When Google+ officially shut down for consumers in April 2019, many declared it a failed experiment. But “survival” doesn’t always mean the platform itself remains online. Here’s what actually survived the G+ sunset—and where its DNA lives on today.
