Officially GoneINTERNET & TECH

Google Jamboard

Google sold a collaborative whiteboard and a matching cloud app, then ended both while directing customers to partner tools.

HOW CLOSE TO REALITY100/100
CATEGORYInternet & Tech
LIFECYCLE2017—2024
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Quick facts

Existence state
Officially Gone
Peak stage
general availability
Research confidence
high
Last verified
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What it was

A digital whiteboard service paired with Google's 55-inch Jamboard hardware.

A digital whiteboard service paired with Google's 55-inch Jamboard hardware. Schools and workplaces created collaborative canvases called jams from dedicated boards, browsers and mobile apps inside Google Workspace.

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Existence timeline

Jamboard launches

Google begins selling the board and operating its collaborative app.

Remote use grows

Browser and mobile jams support distributed classes and meetings.

Wind-down announced

Google names partner whiteboards as migration destinations.

App support ends

Users can no longer create or edit jams in the original service.

Service retirement completes

Jam files leave the active Workspace product.

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Why it ended

Google ended Jamboard app support on 1 October 2024 and made files view-only before final data export and deletion deadlines.

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Last confirmed trace

Exported PDFs and migrated content preserve individual boards, while unsupported hardware and archived documentation remain.
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What it left behind

The end highlights the fragility of specialised hardware whose useful life depends on a proprietary collaborative cloud.

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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.

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Sources & verification

Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.

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