Google Cloud Print
Google made old printers accessible from Chromebooks and phones through its cloud, then retired the bridge before every device had an equally simple replacement.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A formally released Google service that routed print jobs over the internet to registered printers.
Cloud Print let Chrome OS, Android and web applications print without platform-specific local drivers, including through connected desktop computers.
Existence timeline
Google introduces driverless printing for Chrome OS.
Chrome, mobile apps and conventional printers join the service.
Chromebook fleets use the cloud broker for shared printers.
Google gives administrators a one-year migration period.
Cloud Print stops accepting jobs.
Devices and organisations migrate to local print systems.
Why it ended
Google deprecated the service in 2019 and shut it down at the end of 2020 in favour of native printing systems.
Last confirmed trace
Archived documentation, printer firmware menus and support advisories preserve evidence of the now-invalid registration system.
What it left behind
The closure forced schools and organisations built around Chromebooks to replace workflows that had depended on Google's central broker.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.