Retract the strategy of sticking Google+ to Google services, first from YouTube

Although Google Photos is provided as a single service independently of Google+, it was further announced that various features of Google+ will separate from Google's services. Ultimately you will lose your Google+ profile display to use various Google products.

Official Google Blog: Everything in its right place
http://googleblog.blogspot.jp/2015/07/everything-in-its-right-place.html

Official YouTube Blog: Keeping the conversation going
http://youtube-global.blogspot.jp/2015/07/youtube-comments.html

Google aimed to create a system that could access the entire Google service with a Google+ account, but based on the feedback "I do not want Google+ profiles to be displayed when using various services of Google", Google+ features are graded I decided to make it independent from Google services.

The first thing is various features of YouTube, you already have no need for a Google+ account to post comments. In the future, Google+ will be unnecessary for all YouTube services, such as video uploading, channel creation and profile display, but people who are satisfied with the current status can also use it in cooperation with Google+. YouTube and Google+ will be separated within the next few months, but it seems that choosing to separate depends on the user's choice.

In addition, on July 21Announced that Google+ photo function will be completely stoppedAnd all photos and videos saved in "Google+ Photos" will be moved to "Google Photos". It is necessary to acquire web version · iOS · Android application and transfer it to Google Photos, but it is said that Google+ photo data will not be deleted until migration.

We have already forcibly created a Google+ profile when creating a Google Account so that a window appears where users can choose whether to create a Google+ profile.

Google+ Is No Longer A Requirement For Creating A Google Account


Withdrawal of Google + has also begun on Google search. Google search displays additional information according to the search word "Knowledge graph"Feature, and recent posts of the corresponding Google+ account were displayed on the Knowledge Graph card, but this has also disappeared.

Google+ Brand Posts Have Been Stripped From Knowledge Graph Cards


Also, if you opened Google search while logged in to Google, your real name was displayed in the app launcher part at the top right of the page, but since July 1, it hides it, and there is no link to the Google + page It is.

Google's Navigation Bar Removes Google+ Integration


As of 2014 alreadyVideo hangout function can also be used without Google+In addition, in July 2014Eliminated the restriction that real names are mandatory on Google+ profileThe features of Google + are being separated rapidly, and those that can be used are made standalone as independent. In 2014Vic Gundotra, who was a Google+ representative, withdrewIt was also a year that I heard that the integration of Google and Google + was braking around here. In the future Google+ is expected to be completely unnecessary for Google's entire service.