Google Cloud Print Being Phased Out
Posted: November 26, 2019
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Google has trimmed its product offerings pretty aggressively this year. They've axed Inbox, Google+ and their URL shortener. These may or may not have had much of an impact on most users, but the next victim may affect more. Google Cloud Print, which made it possible to print from many different devices, is next on the chopping block. It will only be around until the end of 2020, so at least users have a little time to find an alternative.
In a year that’s seen
the death of Inbox, Google+, and the goo.gl URL shortener, not to mention the loss of free original quality photo storage with every Pixel phone purchase, Google isn’t putting its knives away just yet. Next to go is
Google Cloud Print.
Cloud Print has been around since 2010, but despite a fancy website and deep Android and Chrome OS integration, it never actually made it out of beta. And now it never will.
Google has quietly announced that users have until December 31, 2020, to enjoy Cloud Print. When the calendar changes to 2021, “devices across all operating systems will no longer be able to print using Google Cloud Print.”
Read the entire article,
Google starts the countdown clock on Cloud Print, gives users a year to find an alternative, on
PCWorld.