Google is shutting down its Jamboard whiteboarding app

It’s by no means a uninteresting day on the Google graveyard — the corporate has blogged a Workspace replace at present saying the top of its collaborative Jamboard whiteboarding software program. Google plans to wind down the app in late 2024 and is introducing the “subsequent section” of whiteboarding options: pointing customers towards third-party apps that work with Workspace companies like Google Meet, Drive, and Calendar.

Google says it’s going to supply help to assist transition clients to make use of different whiteboard instruments, together with FigJam, Lucidspark, and Miro. In line with the weblog submit, Workspace buyer suggestions indicated the third-party options labored higher for them due to characteristic choices like an infinite canvas measurement, use case templates, voting, and extra. So as an alternative of additional growing Jamboard, Google’s digging its gap and can deal with core collaboration companies on Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

The Jamboard app will hit its first phase-out step on October 1st, 2024. On that day, Jamboard will turn into a read-only app, and customers will not have the ability to make new or edit outdated Jams on any platform. Then customers could have till December thirty first, 2024, to again up Jam their information, and on that date, Google will reduce off entry and start completely deleting information. Google plans to supply “clear paths” to retain and migrate Jam information to FigJam, Lucidspark, and Miro “inside just some clicks.” The sources will probably be obtainable “properly earlier than” the app winds down in late 2024.

You may bear in mind Google had a $5,000 Jamboard whiteboarding assembly room show — properly, that’s additionally discontinued. The Jamboard {hardware} will not obtain software program updates on September thirtieth, 2024, and its license subscriptions will expire the identical day. Corporations and faculties with an upcoming renewal could stay subscribers as much as that date at a prorated quantity in the event that they’d desire to delay transitioning so long as attainable. The 55-inch Jamboard system will attain finish of life on October 1st, 2024.

When you want new whiteboarding {hardware} on your assembly rooms, Google suggests getting its Google Meet Collection One screens: the Board 65 and the Desk 27. And Google will join instructional establishments with Figma, Lucid Software program, and Miro to assist them transition. Google can’t ship outdoors options to the graveyard because it doesn’t personal the options.