An nameless reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Much more Google merchandise are getting the ax this week. Subsequent up is Google Jamboard, a $5,000 digital whiteboard (and its $600-a-year charge) and software program ecosystem marketed to colleges and firms. Google has a brand new submit detailing the “Subsequent part of digital whiteboarding for Google Workspace,” and the long run for Jamboard is that there isn’t any future. In “late 2024,” the entire undertaking will shut down, and we do not simply imply the {hardware} will cease being on the market; the cloud-based apps will cease working, too.
Most individuals most likely have not ever heard of Jamboard, however this was an enormous 55-inch, 4K touchscreen on a rolling stand that launched in 2016. Like most Google touchscreens, this ran Android with a locked-down customized interface on high as a substitute of the same old cellphone interface. The digital whiteboard could possibly be drawn on utilizing the included stylus or your fingers, and it even got here with an enormous plastic “eraser” that might take away gadgets. The SoC was an Nvidia Jetson TX1 (a quad-core Cortex-A57 CPU connected to a beefy Maxwell GPU), and it had a built-in digital camera, microphone, and audio system for video calls. There was HDMI enter and Google solid help, and it got here in whimsical colours like pink, grey, and blue (it appears like Google was going for an iMac rainbow and give up midway). “We’re grateful to the customers, educators, college students, and companies who’ve used Jamboard since its launch in 2016,” says Google. “Whereas Jamboard customers make up a small portion of our Workspace buyer base, we perceive that this transformation will affect a few of you, and we’re dedicated to serving to you transition…”
“Over the approaching months, we’ll present Jamboard app customers and admins clear paths to retain their Jamboard information or migrate it,” Google tells customers in its weblog submit. Third-party choices embrace Figma’s FigJam, Lucid Software program’s Lucidspark, and Miro.
Ars Technica notes: “[T]he complete cloud system goes down, too, so all your current $5,000 whiteboards will quickly be ineffective, and you will not have the ability to open the cloud information on different gadgets.”
