Official reason
Jamboard hardware and service winding down; migrate to third-party whiteboards.
Google · Hardware
Jamboard
RIP
2017–2024 · 7 years in market
A $5,000 digital whiteboard. Hardware discontinued; the jam file format lingered, then ended.
Launched
May 1, 2017
Discontinued
Jan 1, 2024
Cause of death
Hardware miss
What actually happened
Miro and FigJam ate collaboration; a Google appliance could not.
Lesson
Whiteboard hardware is a software problem. Do not sell a panel if the canvas lives in the browser.
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Figma
FigJam
The collaborative board teams actually open.
Miro
Miro
Enterprise whiteboarding default.
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