Huge Google+ update is due today: lockscreen widgets, GIFs and Google Now integration
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How big is the update? Big enough to have Google Plus head Vic Gundotra so excited as to not sleep the whole night. The update will bring Google+ to version 3.3 on Android, and the update is expected later on today, just a day after Facebook brought its new, now native app for Android (coincidence?).
But let’s quickly go through the biggest new features of Google+ that you’d get later on today:
- New photo capabilities - now with Instant Upload you can back up as much as 5GB of your images. Photo Sphere panoramas are also now viewable on devices running Android 2.2 (and later).
- Events and communities - the mobile Google+ application now supports communities. You can also send out messages to individual guests for events.
- Hangouts - now you only need a 150KB connection to start a hangout! Great news as you might be able to start a hangout even after you run out of your data allowance, on throttled speeds.
- General tweaks - you can now quickly edit your profile, get a gentle notice for new posts and animated emoticons.
Hit the source link for all the tiny little details, and stay tuned - the update should be out on Google Play in mere hours!
source: Google via Android Central
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9 Comments
1. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 14 Dec 2012, 09:47 0
Google+ = remote area near montana..
Twitter = Las Vegas
Facebook = middle east or somalia
if you know what i mean
5. Nikolas.Oliver posted on 14 Dec 2012, 11:03 1
Google+ is like a ghost town
7. soshi posted on 14 Dec 2012, 19:37 0
sorry for disappointing you, but it now growing faster what facebook ever achieved
9. g2a5b0e posted on 15 Dec 2012, 00:43 0
No, I don't know what you mean & I don't think anyone else does either.
3. AWiseGuy posted on 14 Dec 2012, 10:07 0
The ability to view Photosphere images from the app is something I've been dying to see. Now I can show my friends what a Photosphere is without having to fire up a computer. Awesome, I'm happy to see that!
6. Stuntman posted on 14 Dec 2012, 15:42 0
Glad they added Communities to the new G+ app. Pretty quick considering Communities was a new G+ feature that was added last week.
I'm disappointed in the widget. I liked the old widget a lot better.
8. soshi posted on 14 Dec 2012, 19:39 0
I've been waiting this for days. communities is the most serious social media feature and without it the google+ mobile seems like the other facebook+ Twitter
