Google is set to shut down its IoT Core services in August 2023. The company says that IoT services are better provided through its network of partners offering specialist IoT solutions running on Google Cloud. Google IoT Core has trailed market leaders such as Microsoft Azure and AWS.

The company sent an email to customers, stating “We’re writing to let you know that Google Cloud IoT Core Service will be discontinued on August 15 2023 at which point your access to the IoT Core Device Manager API will no longer be available.”

Google IoT Core was launched as a managed service in 2017. It provided the ability to connect IoT data with Google tools such as Cloud Dataflow, BigQuery, Cloud Bigtable, ML, and Google Data Studio.

In a statement, Google said: “Since launching IoT Core, it has become clear that our customers’ needs could be better served by our network of partners that specialise in IoT applications and services.

“We have worked extensively to provide customers with migration options and solution alternatives, and are providing a year-long runway before IoT Core is discontinued.”