Google Pack was a collection of software tools offered by Google to download in a single archive. It was announced at the 2006

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, on January 6. Google Pack was only available for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. In September 2011, Google announced it would discontinue a number of its products, including Google Pack. Google Pack is no longer available for download.

Available applications before discontinued service

Users could choose which of the following software applications to install. If the application was already installed, Google Updater checked to see if the user had the latest version and upgraded it, if necessary. The software applications that were available to download depended on the language, locale, and operating system.

Google-branded

* Google Desktop * Picasa, a photograph organizer and editor * Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer * Google Photos Screensaver, which displays pictures from the user's computers *

Google Earth Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and geog ...

, an electronic globe *

Google Talk Google Talk was an Instant messaging, instant messaging service that provided both text and voice communication. The instant messaging service was variously referred to colloquially as Gchat, Gtalk, or Gmessage among its users. Google Talk was ...

, an instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) application *

Google Video Player Google Video was a free video hosting service launched by the multinational technology company Google on January 25, 2005. Similar to YouTube, this platform allowed video clips to be hosted on Google servers and embedded on to other websites ...

, a multi-media player, now withdrawn *

Google Chrome Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Versions were later released for Linux, macOS ...

, a free web browser developed by Google

Mac Software

* Google Quick Search Box *

Picasa for Mac Picasa was a cross-platform image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, integrated with a now defunct photo-sharing website, originally created by a company named Lifescape (which at that time was incubated by Ide ...

SketchUp SketchUp is a suite of subscription products that include SketchUp Pro Desktop, a 3D modeling Computer-Aided Design (CAD) program for a broad range of drawing and design applications — including architectural, interior design, industrial an ...

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* Picasa Web Albums Uploader * Toolbar for Firefox

Third-party

Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox, or simply Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. It uses the Gecko rendering engine to display web pages, which implements current and a ...

with Google Toolbar * Spyware Doctor with Anti-Virus * Adobe Reader, a document viewer * RealPlayer, a multi-media player * Skype, a VoIP application * StarOffice, a

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that includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation program. * Immunet Protect Antivirus * avast! Free Antivirus * WebM for IE9 In March 2007, Google added two new applications to the Google Pack: Spyware Doctor Starter Edition and Norton Security Scan. These programs were free and did not require a

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, unlike Norton AntiVirus. However, Norton Security Scan does not offer continuous protection against viruses. Norton Security Scan scans the computer and identifies if there are existing viruses, worms, spyware, unwanted adware or Trojans residing on it. The program's functionality is similar to Microsoft's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool. Google has stated they have no monetary agreement with the makers of the above software and they offered the applications for the ease of Google's customers. They didn't receive any payment for providing the software pack, although

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in his '' New York Times'' blog reported that an unidentified source stated that Google may pay Sun for each copy of StarOffice. StarOffice was no longer part of Google Pack since November 2008. Google has included the VoIP application Skype in the pack, even though it is a competitor of Google's own Google Talk. Some industry observers claimed that the release was little more than a collection of software "that Google's wrapped a rubber band around".

Former third-party before discontinued service

* Ad-Aware * GalleryPlayer * Norton Antivirus Special Edition 2005, which included a 6-month subscription * Norton Security Scan * Trillian * Spyware Doctor Starter Edition

Google Updater

Google Pack came with Google Updater as a package management system to assist in downloading, installing, removing, and automatically updating the Pack's applications. Updater could be uninstalled without removing the applications.

References

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