Google+ consumer accounts to be discontinued on April 2, some features killed off in February

After discovering a bug that impacted 52.5 million users, Google announced more than a month ago that it has decided to shut down Google+ earlier than it originally planned. So, instead of killing off the service in August 2019, the search giant confirmed Google+ consumer accounts will be discontinued in April 2019.

Today, the Mountain View company confirmed Google+ for consumer accounts is shutting down on April 2, 2019. Moreover, some of the service's features will be discontinued starting early next week.

For example, beginning February 4, if you have a personal Google+ account, ...