Google Expeditions
Millions of students took synchronised virtual field trips through cardboard headsets until hybrid classrooms pushed Google to fold the tours into a flatter museum app.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A formally released Google Education application for guided virtual- and augmented-reality classroom tours.
Teachers led groups of devices through annotated 360-degree environments ranging from museums to outer space.
Existence timeline
Google tests guided VR field trips in schools.
Expeditions becomes widely downloadable.
Schools receive more shared immersive lessons.
Shared headsets become less practical during the pandemic.
Google plans migration to Arts & Culture.
Downloads and dedicated support end.
Why it ended
Google discontinued support and removed the dedicated Expeditions app after 30 June 2021, migrating many tours to Arts & Culture.
Last confirmed trace
Google's closure post, migrated panoramas, school kits and classroom studies preserve much but not the original synchronised product.
What it left behind
Expeditions helped normalise low-cost classroom VR before accessibility and remote-learning needs changed the preferred delivery model.
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.