🪦 Google Station · 4 years

Sunday, September 27, 2015 – February 17, 2020 All day

Google Station was a service that gave partners an easy set of tools to roll out Wi-Fi hotspots in public places. Google Station provided software and guidance on hardware to turn fiber connections into fast, reliable, and safe Wi-Fi zones. Launched September 27, 2015; shut down February 17, 2020 — it lived 4 years. One of 25 Google products killed in 2020. Google Station was a Google service that allowed partners to roll out Wi-Fi hotspots in public places by providing software and advice on hardware to turn fiber connections into Wi-Fi. It was only implemented in India and Indonesia but in March 2018, the service was launched in Mexico. In February 2020, Google announced the service would be discontinued. The service went offline on September 30, 2020. https://india.googleblog.com/2020/02/five-years-400-stations-and-thousands.html Data: Killed by Google (killedbygoogle.com, MIT).