Google+ divided into two separate products.

Google Vice President Bradley Horowitz in his Google+ confirmed that the search giant's social network is now two separate products - Photos and Streams. The first will combine the ability to upload, process and manage photos, and all social functions - text and communication - will be available under the name Streams.

Many online publications have linked this division with the imminent “death” of Google+. Such rumors have been circulating in the community for quite some time. For example, in April last year, TechCrunch reporters reported that, according to their information, a team of Google+ engineers working on Photos and Hangouts had moved to the Android division. However, later, Google denied this information, but did so against the background of the announced dismissal of the head of Google+, Vika Gundotra, who had worked in the search giant for eight years, which did not add a convincing statement.

Overall, the community recognizes that Google+ has failed to achieve the weight and importance of its main rival, Facebook. Last year, in an interview with the New York Times, Bradley Horowitz said that the social network has 540 million users, but at least half of them do not use their account. At about the same time, Zuckerberg said about 890 million active accounts, most of which come into the network at least once a week.

To some extent, the senior vice president of Google, Sundar Pichai, recently added fuel to the flames. In an interview with Forbes, he explained that he considers photo management options, communication (probably referring to Hangouts) and Google+ Steams as separate products, rather than a single social network. He did not tell exactly how the division will be performed, however, he noted that social opportunities play a significant role in bringing all Google services around the user together. Therefore, as you can imagine, the rumors about the closure of Google+ are still only rumors.