Update March 10, 2019: The Google+ API has shut down, and buttons, badges and embedded posts no longer display. If you have code for these on your website or blog, now is the time to remove it.
Update February 28: See the latest update with changes that may mitigate the effects for some developers.
The Google+ API will shut down on March 7 with "intermittent failures" starting as early as January 28. The "sunsetting" of Google+ for consumers is scheduled for April 2019, so it will outlive the API by a few weeks .
Google has updated the Google+ Platform Developer site with more details about the shutdown of the platform over the coming months. The Google+ APIs will be completely shut down and cease to function March 7, 2019. There may be "intermittent failures" as early as January 28th.
This will not only affect developers, but also website owners who have added Google+ integration features to their site. And if you use social media management services like Hootsuite or Buffer, those will stop working.
The Google+ API includes:
Update February 28: See the latest update with changes that may mitigate the effects for some developers.
The Google+ API will shut down on March 7 with "intermittent failures" starting as early as January 28. The "sunsetting" of Google+ for consumers is scheduled for April 2019, so it will outlive the API by a few weeks .
Google has updated the Google+ Platform Developer site with more details about the shutdown of the platform over the coming months. The Google+ APIs will be completely shut down and cease to function March 7, 2019. There may be "intermittent failures" as early as January 28th.
This will not only affect developers, but also website owners who have added Google+ integration features to their site. And if you use social media management services like Hootsuite or Buffer, those will stop working.
The Google+ API includes:
- Web integration, including "Plugins" like +1, sharing and Follow buttons, Google+ badges, embedded posts and Interactive Posts
- Mobile app integrations, such as +1 buttons, sharing to Google+, and app activities.
- Google+ sign-in (see the Guide to migrate from Google+ Sign-in to Google Sign-in)
- Other common Google+ APIs:
- Google+ REST API
- Google+ Web API
- Google+ Android SDK
- Google+ Domains API (G Suite integration)
- Google+ Pages API (for social media management services)
If you are a Developer, but aren't sure if your apps use a Google+ API, Google+ says:
On or around December 20, 2018, developers should receive an email listing recently used Google+ API methods in their projects. Whether or not an email was received, we strongly encourage developers to search for and remove any dependencies on Google+ APIs from their applications.
I'll note that the Google+ Hangouts API, which let developers create "apps" for Hangouts video calls stopped being supported in April 2017. However, a few apps were allowed to continue running:
- The ability to dial into a call (served by the Dialpad and RingCentral apps)
- Integrations with other enterprise communications tools (e.g. Slack)
- Hangouts on Air broadcasting tools (Toolbox, Control Room, Cameraman)
Update March 10, 2019: While those apps appear to still be working now that the rest of the Google+ API has shut down, Google has not provided any additional information about what will be happening with those integrations when consumer Google+ shuts down on April 2.
Learn more about how the shutdown of Google+ will affect Google Products
Learn more about how the shutdown of Google+ will affect Google Products
- Removing the last Google+ features from YouTube
- Blogger minus Google+: Changes ahead of the Google+ API shutdown
- Back up your Google+ photos and videos before April 2 (but don't worry about Google Photos)
- The Google navigation bar notification bell will disappear March 7th: switch to browser notifications
- Shutdown of the Google+ API: info for developers and webmasters
Updated January 2019 with link to information about changes to Blogger with the shutdown of the Google+ API
Why Would They
ReplyDeleteGoogle+ is shutting down. Here is the reason Google gave:
DeleteThe review did highlight the significant challenges in creating and maintaining a successful Google+ that meets consumers’ expectations. Given these challenges and the very low usage of the consumer version of Google+, we decided to sunset the consumer version of Google+.
From this announcement: www.blog.google/technology/safety-security/project-strobe/
ReplyDeleteThe review did highlight the significant challenges in creating and maintaining a successful Google+ that meets consumers’ expectations. Given these challenges and the very low usage of the consumer version of Google+, we decided to sunset the consumer version of Google+.