Kevin Bostic
Google on Monday rolled out an update for the iOS version of its Google+ social networking app, introducing basic photo editing and Instagram-like filters, as well as a few other additions.
The new version of Google+ for iOS brings the sort of "retro" filters popularized by competing social networking apps like Instagram. Users can also rotate and crop their photos before sharing them to their Google+ accounts.
The improved photo editing options are likely an outgrowth of Google's acquisition of Snapseed, an image editing application with iterations across both PC and mobile platforms.
The update also brings a new profile design, notifications tray, and the ability to control the volume of posts displayed in a user's stream from individual circles and communities. Users can also filter search results by the most relevant or most recent and send friends invitations to communities.
Version 4.3.0 of Google+ for iOS is available as a free download in the App Store. The 28.6MB download is compatible with iPhones, iPads, and iPods running iOS 5.1 or later.
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11 Comments
The comments for this are as dead as Google+ is.
[quote name="Evilution" url="/t/156647/google-for-ios-gets-photo-editing-filters-in-update#post_2300104"]The comments for this are as dead as Google+ is. [/quote]Yeah right, but their gonna go and get rid of reader because they say nobody uses it. F google+ & google in general.
[quote name="Kimk69" url="/t/156647/google-for-ios-gets-photo-editing-filters-in-update#post_2300120"] Yeah right, but their gonna go and get rid of reader because they say nobody uses it. F google+ & google in general.[/quote] They're being reported as #2 in active users behind Facebook now: http://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2013/01/26/watch-out-facebook-with-google-at-2-and-youtube-at-3-google-inc-could-catch-up/ I don't have much friends on Google+, but I do use it to follow some companies and organizations that I'm interested in, so I guess I can kinda believe those numbers.
Actually, lots of my friends use Google . Maybe it only took off outside of the US, or in the engineering community? However, what's the bloody use of making a google-Instagram-clone? There's already Instagram being Instagram right? Or am I missing the point?
They're being reported as #2 in active users behind Facebook now: ttp://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykosner/2013/01/26/watch-out-facebook-with-google-at-2-and-youtube-at-3-google-inc-could-catch-up/
I don't have much friends on Google+, but I do use it to follow some companies and organizations that I'm interested in, so I guess I can kinda believe those numbers.
yeah i dont doubt the #'s at all i dont even know of any other company's that offer anything in that catagory. I think im just pist about the whole reader deal.