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Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Google+ gets Android Ice Cream Sandwich makeover

Google updates social networking site’s Android application, weeks ahead of the much-anticipated Android 4.0 bump.
Google has updated its Google+ application for Android platform on Monday, offering new user interface similar to Android’s much-anticipated makeover, the Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

From paper plane icon (send button) to magazine-like photo gallery style, Google’s Product Manager Ben Eidelson wrote on his Google+ account stream that the redesign is the output of the Google+ team after working hard with Android development team “as they developed Android 4.0.”
The Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 will debut via the new Samsung Google Galaxy Nexus next week (in Europe), and this month for United States market courtesy of Verizon Wireless and its 4G Long Term Evolution technology.
The new Google+ application update supports smartphones running Froyo 2.2 to Gingerbread 2.3.
Aside from using the “look and feel” of the new Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, the new Google+ update, according to Google, also offers several bugs fix, and also improves the battery life of the Android smartphone using it, and “the beauty and simplicity” of the application.
The complete features of the Google+ version 2.1:
Completely new app and new visual design.
Battery life improvements.
Navigation and performance improvements.
Significant improvements to notifications.
Brand new posting UI.
Several bug fixes.
Support for Google Apps users.
Ability to sign out.
Add people to a circle from circle profiles.
Google+ is considered as one of the biggest project of the search engine giant. The new social networking site is also available for iOS devices via Apple’s native application store.
Some of the compelling features of the Google+ application are instant upload of pictures (for Android), instant messaging, reading and writing messages, and free online storage for photos and videos.
This report was originally posted on PopHerald.com under Gadgets and Mobile Category. Sources: Google+, Ben Eidelson.
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