Google+ Android app updated, adds new UI and ability to sign out

November 1, 2011 | by Charles West

Google has released an update for its Google+ app for Android. The app was updated yesterday in the Android Market and features the usual bug fixes as well as the revamped UI which is an appetizer for Andy’s upcoming OS, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0. This news comes after the search giant gave Google Apps customers access to Google+. The revamped Plus is being referred to as a “completely new app.” This new update brings a list of improvements, including:

Completely new app and new visual design
Battery life improvements
Navigation and performance improvements
Significant notifications improvements
Brand new posting UI
Several bug fixes
Support for Google Apps users
Ability to sign out
Add people to a circle from circle profiles

Discussing how ICS 4.0 was the inspiration behind the updated G+ app, Ben Eidelson, product manger for Google+ said on his Plus page:

“I’m really excited to announce that the new version of Google+ for Android is available today! We worked closely with the Android team as they developed Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich, http://goo.gl/UpUom), so you’ll see the same attention to beauty and simplicity in our new design.”

Eidelson wasn’t lying when he said it was meant to look similar. The app also fixes what had been a fairly buggy and unpolished set of notifications with more discrete notification options. When talking to some of my peeps on Google Plus, they seemed to have noticed a significant change in how speedier the app performed. What do you guys thinks?

Feel free to add me to one of your circles

Source: Android Market

android market, Google, Google Plus, ice cream sandwich, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0

3 Comments

Google+ Android app updated, adds new UI and ability to sign out | Android Fever says:

November 1, 2011 at 8:17 pm

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Okami says:

November 2, 2011 at 3:45 am

App def is snappier and I like some of the design changes. But I don't so much dig all of the UI changes. Specifically the Messenger section, don't like the icons for when your in a conversation with multiple parties, makes me feel like I'm seeing double. And the larger profiles pics seem a bit stretched. Also not sure if this is a bug but ever since the update I can't change my notifcation sound, it keeps using the default tone. …Also I have to note, I really liked the term HUDDLE better than MESSENGER.
- Charles West says:
  
  November 2, 2011 at 7:52 am
  
  We both agree the term Messenger sucks compared to Huddle, I still don't understand the change.
Charley says:

November 2, 2011 at 8:24 am

I deleted the previous Google+ app because it used too much storage space and made it hard to try out new applications without deleting others. There was no reason why Google+ had to use 2 or 3 times as much space as Facebook to provide the same basic functionality. Hopefully this one isn't a greedy for space.
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November 7, 2011 at 8:44 pm

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