Gadgetory

at the Google i/o event at the end of June google announced updates to its google+ app and said that the features would student come to iOS today those new features are ready for iphone and you can even use the app on your iphone hello everyone i'm jason parker and this is a first look at the Google+ update for iOS Google+ version 3 point out adds new features to the iphone app and is the first version that is made for the ipad with it's very own unique interface features in may the iphone version got a major upgrade with a completely redesigned interface and photos that bleed off the edges for an overall better browsing experience but today google added the features promised at the google i/o event with the ability to create and manage events on iphone only and to create hangouts with up to nine people on video chat at one time on any iOS device the new version which works on iphone and ipad takes advantage of the larger screen real estate on the ipad immediately upon launch you're greeted with great big photos in posts from people in your circles in portrait view you swipe vertically to browse through and in landscape you can browse horizontally i really like the animations as the app loads new stories in the upper right you have your post button where you can choose to enter text add a photo or to post your current location when you touch the button in the upper left you get a slide-out menu that lets you access all the main functions of the app the profile page shows all your current info and lets you browse through your interactions with the service on the right showing the info at the bottom touching the post button for example lets you swipe up to browse through all your latest posts one of the new features to iOS google hangouts lets you browse through images of your friends and touch them to add them to a hangout once you have all the names added you can hit start hang out in the upper right corner and start your video hangout Google events another new feature that only made it to the iphone version lets you create and manage events with your circles touch the events section in the iphone menu and you'll immediately see the events already created touch the button in the upper right to create a new event here you'll be able to create a title for your event add a short description and then you can use the buttons below to set the time a location finally you can add people to your event to let them know they should come it's unfortunate that the ipad version didn't receive the event features in this upgrade but you can bet Google will have it in a future version Google+ is available now for free at the iTunes App Store and with the feature upgrades to the iphone and support for the ipad this update is a no brainer thanks everyone for watching this first look at the update for google plus for iOS i'm jason parker percy net see you next time