- Google launched Jamboard back in 2017 as a digital whiteboard for teams.
- Official Jamboard support ended at the start of this year.
- Now that old hardware can run modern Android thanks to some unofficial LineageOS ports.
What’s your favorite canceled Google hardware? The ill-fated Nexus Q? That one may have been a particularly spectacular failure, but far more devices just run their natural course and end up retired, replaced by newer solutions. Eight years ago, Google introduced an interesting collaborative option for business and institutional users: the Jamboard. While Google formally shut that project down at the start of this year, it’s now finding a second life thanks to enthusiast interest.
The Google Jamboard launched as a 55-inch 4K touchscreen running NVIDIA Tegra X1 silicon (like the chips you’d find powering the Pixel C or OG Nintendo Switch), with an interface designed specifically for Google Workspace apps. Priced at $5,000 and up (plus requiring a paid support plan), this clearly wasn’t hardware that was on its way to our living rooms — at least, not at the time.