The Google+ app is receiving a major update today bringing some cool features.
Amar Gandhi, the Director of Product Management, Google+ announced that the Android and iPhone versions are being updated today.
Let me start the post by mentioning something I don’t like. While the iPhone version update brings support for Snapseed, the Android app won’t be receiving it. Way to limit your own app on your own OS Google.
Anyway, let’s take a look at what we will be getting in the update:
Stream Content:
- Posts include more text up front—from the original message, and from comments
- Tapping video, photo or link attachments takes you directly to a watch page, lightbox or website
- Image previews are rarely cropped, so you’ll see portrait photos (for instance) in all their glory
- Key actions like +1, reshare and comment are displayed more prominently in each post
- You can swipe through photo albums inline
Still no longpress actions from the main screen? Come on, I have been waiting for this too long,
Profiles:
You can display your current location on your Google+ profile. This is optional.
- If you enable this option, you’ll then decide who can see your best-available location across Google
- Like always, you can be as public or as private as you want to be
- When someone with permission visits your profile, for example, they’ll see your current whereabouts underneath your name
Not exactly what people want to see I guess. Android users like their privacy. so unless you are a frequent traveller, I am not sure you are going to like this one.
Communities:
Basically this is the same set of features which were made available for the browser version of Google+, Community Moderation. Now you can moderate groups with the mobile app.
- The ability to adjust the volume of community posts in your Home stream
- The option to invite people to a community, or reshare items with a community
- Member search, content moderation, and report-remove-ban support for community managers
Version 3.6 of Google+ is expected to hit the Play Store today, so keep an eye out for it. Or if you haven’t installed the app yet, you can do so from the widget below.
[app]com.google.android.apps.plus[/app]
If you have already received the update, let us know what you think about the new version.
