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The Google - Standalone applications

This list of Google products includes all major desktop, mobile and online products released or acquired by Google Inc.. They are either a gold release, in beta development, or part of the Google Labs initiative. This list also includes previous products, that have eitherbeen merged, discarded or renamed. Features of products, such as WebSearch features, are not listed.

Desktop products

Standalone applications

  • AdWords Editor (Mac OS X (10.4), Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista)
    Desktop application to manage a Google AdWords account. The application allows users to make changes to their accountand advertising campaigns before synchronising with the online service.
  • Chrome (Windows XP/Vista) web browser.
  • Desktop (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista)
Desktop search application, that indexes e-mails, documents, music, photos,chats, Web history and other files. It allows the installation ofGoogle Gadgets.
  • Earth (Linux, Mac OS X and Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
Virtual globe that uses satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS over a 3D globe.
  • Gmail/Google Notifier (Mac OS X, Windows 2000/XP)
Alerts the user of new messages in their Gmail account.
  • Pack (Windows XP/Vista)
Collection of computer applications -- some Google-created, some not -- including Google Earth, Google Desktop, Picasa, Google Talk, StarOffice and Google Chrome.
  • Kingsoft / Google Dictionary (Windows XP/Vista)
"Google co-operation PowerWord Edition" is Kingsoft and Googletranslation of the market-oriented joint development of the Internet,apply to individual users of free translation software.
  • Photos Screensaver
Slideshow screensaver as part of Google Pack, which displays images sourced from a hard disk, or through RSS and Atom Web feeds.
  • Picasa (Mac OS X, Linux and Windows 2000/XP/Vista)
Photo organization and editing application, providing photo library options and simple effects.
  • Picasa Web Albums Uploader (Mac OS X)
An application to help uploading images to the "Picasa Web Albums" service It consists of both an iPhoto plug-in and a stand-alone application.
  • Secure Access (Windows 2000/XP)
VPN client for Google WiFi users, whose equipment does not support WPA or 802.1x protocols
  • SketchUp (Mac OS X and Windows 2000/Windows XP)
Simple 3D sketching program with unique dragging interface and direct integration with Google Earth.
  • Talk (Windows 2000/Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista)
Application for VoIP and instant messaging. It consists of both a service and a client used to connect to the service, which uses the XMPP protocol.
  • Visigami (Mac OS X Leopard)
Image search application screen saver that searches files from Google Images, Picasa and Flickr.
  • Web Accelerator (Windows 2000 SP3+/XP/Vista)
Uses various caching technologies to increase load speed of webpages. (No longer available to download and presently discontinued.)

Desktop extensions

These products created by Google are extensions to software created by other organizations.
  • Blogger Web Comments (Firefox only) Displays related comments from other Blogger users.
  • Dashboard Widgets for Mac (Mac OS X Dashboard Widgets) Collection of mini-applications including Gmail, Blogger and Search History.
  • Gears (Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari)
A browser plug-in that enables development of off-line browser applications.
  • Pinyin IME (Internet Explorer extension) (Google China)
Input Method Editor that is used to convert Chinese Pinyin characters, which can be entered on Western-style keyboards, to Chinese characters.
  • Send to Phone (Firefox)
Allows users to send text messages to their mobile phone (US only) about web content.
  • Toolbar (Firefox and Internet Explorer)
Web browser toolbar with features such as a Google Search box, phishing protection, pop-up blocker as well as the ability for website owners to create buttons.

Mobile products:

Online mobile products

These products can be accessed through a browser on a mobile device or a standard desktop web browser such as Firefox.
  • Blogger Mobile
Only available on some US networks. Allows you to post to your Blogger blog from a mobile device.
  • Calendar
Read a list of all Google Calendar events from a mobile device. There is also the option to quickly add events to your personal calendar.
  • Gmail
Access a Gmail account from a mobile device using a standard mobile web browser. Alternatively, Google provides a specific mobile application to access and download Gmail messages quicker.
  • News
    Access Google News on a mobile device using a simpler interface compared to the full online application.
  • Google Mobilizer Makes any web page mobile-friendly.
  • iGoogle
Simple version of iGoogle - you must visit the information page to choose which modules todisplay on your personal mobile version as not all modules arecompatible.
  • Product Search Updated version of the previous Froogle Mobile
  • Reader View Google Reader on a mobile device.
  • Mobile search
Search web pages, images, local listings and mobile-specific webpages through the Google search engine. If a webpage is not tailoredfor a mobile device Google will provide a simple text version of thewebpage generated using an algorithm.
  • Picasa Web Albums Lets you view photo albums that you have stored online.
  • Google Notebook View and add notes to your Google Notebook