Legacy Google+ APIs have been shut down as of March 7, 2019. Changes to the shutdown plan have been made recently which may mitigate its effect on some developers. Learn more.

Google+ integrations for web and mobile apps have also stopped functioning as of March 7, 2019. Learn more.

Plus API Deprecation Notes

Plus.PeopleApi has been deprecated in Google Play services 9.4. In the past, the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/plus.login scope allowed access to a list of people in the user's circles in addition to their name and profile information. Starting in September 2016, the plus.login scope will allow access to only the name and profile info for new users; calls to Plus.PeopleApi.load, Plus.PeopleApi.loadVisible, and Plus.PeopleApi.loadConnected return empty results for those new sign-ins. In 2017 Q1, you will get empty results back for all users.

Instead of requesting the plus.login scope, we strongly recommend you instead request the profile scope, which can give your app a streamlined, one-tap sign-in experience.

Plus.SCOPE_PLUS_LOGIN
Scopes.PLUS_LOGIN
Scopes.PROFILE
GoogleSignInOptions.DEFAULT_SIGN_IN
GoogleSignInOptions.Builder.requestProfile
GoogleSignInOptions.Builder.requestEmail

In place of the social connection data from Plus.PeopleApi, you can get rich cloud- and device-based contacts data from the Contacts Provider, or use the new Google People API. To enhance the distribution of your app through the social graphs of your app's user base, use Firebase Invites.

We are also deprecating Google+ Sign-In and the Plus and Plus.AccountApi APIs. As a replacement, use Auth.GOOGLE_SIGN_IN_API. By using the latest API, you can improve the security, user experience, and performance of your app, particularly if your app currently does either of the following:

  • Retrieves the user's email address using Plus.AccountApi.getAccountName() (which requires the user to grant the Contacts runtime permission on Android Marshmallow and newer)
  • Calls GoogleAuthUtil.getToken to obtain a token

Read our earlier blog post for details: Improving the Security and User Experience of your Google Sign In Implementation. Also, check out the migration guide for GoogleAuthUtil and Plus API users.

With the deprecation of the Google+ People API, we also changed our branding guidelines. All sign-in buttons should be branded as "Sign in with Google" with either blue or white backgrounds, as long as the Google G logo has a white background.