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Google Docs

Google Docs, also known as Google Documents, is a free web-based word processor from Google that saves automatically and lets multiple people edit documents simultaneously in a browser.

Google Doodle

Google Doodles are temporary alterations of the Google homepage logo celebrating holidays, anniversaries, and notable people. First launched August 30, 1998 as a Burning Man out-of-office message, predating Google's incorporation; over 5,000 exist, spanning illustrations, animations, games, and AI.

Google Drive

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service operated by Google, launched in 2012 as an evolution of Google Docs, offering cloud storage, device syncing, and real-time collaboration.

Google Duo

Google Duo was a video calling mobile app developed by Google, launched in 2016 for simple one-to-one calls and rebranded as Google Meet in 2022, with legacy calling retired in January 2026.

Google Earth

Google Earth is Google's virtual globe program, launched in 2005 from the acquired Keyhole Earth Viewer, offering satellite imagery, 3D terrain and buildings, Street View, historical imagery, and, since the mid-2020s, AI geospatial tools.

Google Earth Engine

Google Earth Engine (GEE) is a Google cloud service combining a multi-petabyte catalog of satellite imagery with planetary-scale computation, launched at a 2010 climate conference and free for noncommercial use.

Google Edge TPU

The Google Edge TPU is a small Google ASIC for machine learning inference on low-power devices, delivering 4 TOPS at 2 watts and powering the Coral product line.

Google Fi

Google Fi Wireless, originally Project Fi, is an American mobile virtual network operator owned by Google that resells T-Mobile's network, known for no-contract plans and international coverage.

Google Fiber

Google Fiber, also known as GFiber, is a fiber-to-the-home internet service provider Google launched in Kansas City in 2012 and sold to Stonepeak in 2026.

Google File System

The Google File System is the proprietary distributed file system Google built for its indexing system, described publicly in a 2003 SOSP paper by Ghemawat, Gobioff, and Leung.

Google Finance

Google Finance is a free, ad-supported financial information and research service operated by Google, offering stock quotes, interactive charts, market news, watchlists, and portfolios, but no trading or brokerage services.

Google Flights

Google Flights is an online flight search and price-comparison service operated by Google, launched in 2011 and built on ITA Software, acquired for $700 million in 2010.

Google Flow

Google Flow is an AI filmmaking tool built for Google's Veo video model, evolving from the VideoFX experiment and launched for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the United States.

Google Fonts

Google Fonts, also known as Google Web Fonts, is a Google-operated library of open-source typefaces that also serves fonts to websites via an API, with 1,826 font families as of May 2025.

Google Glass

Google Glass, also known as Project Glass, was a line of wearable, voice-controlled smart glasses from Google, withdrawn from consumer sale in 2015 and discontinued in 2023.

Google Goggles

Google Goggles was a Google visual search application launched in December 2009 that identified landmarks, artwork, logos, and printed text from a phone photo, replaced by Google Lens in 2018.

Google Groups

Google Groups is a Google service at groups.google.com offering email distribution lists, web forums, and a Collaborative Inbox, built on the Usenet archive Google acquired from Deja.com in 2001.

Google hacking

Google hacking, also called Google dorking, is the practice of using advanced search operators to find indexed sensitive files, login pages, and vulnerabilities, popularized by Johnny Long around 2000.

Google Hangouts

Google Hangouts was a cross-platform messaging, voice, and video service launched by Google in 2013, replacing Google Talk, and shut down entirely on November 1, 2022.

Google I/O

Google I/O is an annual developer conference held each spring by Google since 2008, where it announces updates to its platforms, products, and future innovations.

Google Images

Google Images is the image search service of Google Search, launched in July 2001 after demand for photos of Jennifer Lopez's green Versace dress, and offering reverse search via Google Lens.

Google Keep

Google Keep, also known as Google Keep Notes, is a free note-taking service launched by Google in 2013, available on the web and on Android and iOS devices.

Google Lens

Google Lens is a visual search technology by Google that identifies objects, text, and scenes in images and returns information and actions; it launched in 2017.

Google logo

The Google logo is Google's four-color wordmark and identity system, designed by Ruth Kedar in Catull typeface (1999-2015), redesigned to Product Sans with dots and G icon in 2015, and given a gradient G in 2025.

Google Lunar X Prize

The Google Lunar X Prize (GLXP) was a $30 million competition, funded by Google and launched in 2007, challenging private teams to land robotic spacecraft on the Moon.

Google Lunar XPRIZE

The Google Lunar XPRIZE was a $30 million competition launched in 2007, challenging private teams to land a robot on the Moon; it ended unclaimed in 2018.

Google Maps

Google Maps is Google's web mapping and navigation service, first launched in 2005, offering directions, Street View imagery, and business listings to more than 2 billion monthly users.

Google Meet

Google Meet, formerly Hangouts Meet, is a video conferencing service developed by Google. Announced in 2017, it runs in the browser and became free for all users in 2020.

Google Mobile Services

Google Mobile Services (GMS) is a proprietary bundle of Google apps and APIs, including Search, Chrome, YouTube, and the Play Store, licensed to Android device manufacturers.

Google Nest

Google Nest is a line of smart home products, including thermostats, cameras, and speakers, that began as Nest Labs and was acquired by Google in 2014.