Google is preparing in the next few days to close its Cloud Print service, which was launched in 2010 as a way to make printers more accessible to Chrome and make it easier to print documents across Chrome OS devices.
The support site indicates that the service is no longer required, and for most people, shutting down the service may not be more than a minor inconvenience when they discover that cloud printing is still their default printing option.
The service came at a time when printer support in Chrome OS was weak, and in 2017 the company added the original print option, allowing you to connect your Chrome OS to any compatible printer across your network, without the need for Cloud Print.
Google Cloud Printing was a service designed to meet a specific need during a specific period in history, designed to address that Chrome' operating system, at least in 2010, did not have its own original print frame.
This method was not quite as comfortable as Google had imagined, but it was the only solution available during that period.
The service required printers to be compatible with cloud printing, which means they can connect directly to the Internet without a computer.
It also meant that users had to walk down the ring road to send files to a remote server to send them to a printer right next to them.
By 2017, Chrome had acquired its own printing system, allowing it to connect to printers across the local network, just like regular operating systems.
This means that Google's cloud printing is out of date, and the remaining usage cases no longer exist, and by last year Google announced the complete shutdown of the service on January 1, 2021.
Google recommends moving now if you've invested in Cloud Print, where everything is integrated into your browser, apps and devices, and most printers are connected over the wireless network.
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