Google+ now open to the public, 100 total improvements added

By on Sep 20, 2011 at 1:20 PM
Software September 20, 2011

Google recently announced that its Google+ social network is now available to anyone who wants to join. The search engine giant noted that it has added 91 changes during the social network’s beta trial, which lasted just under 90 days, and that it is deploying nine new changes on Tuesday. Among the most notable additions, the Hangouts video chat feature is now available for Android smartphones running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) or newer. Here is a list of several other key changes:

  • A new “Hangouts on Air” option allows users to live broadcast to up to nine different people.
  • Hangouts can now be named.
  • A screen sharing function has been added to Hangouts.
  • Users can now share and view a sketchpad directly inside Hangouts
  • Google Docs can be viewed and shared inside Hangouts.
  • Google+ members can now search for other users from the social network directly and Google+ will return results from around the web.
  • The Google+ Hangouts API is now available for developers.

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  • Anonymous

    I wouldn’t use this dumb shit if they payed me everything Google makes isn’t good and the world doesn’t revolve around Google is what they don’t know and the fan-droids don’t understand.

    • somedude0123

      Who cares, I just want to see Facebook die. Zuckerburg is such an asshole.

      • Anonymous

        zuckerburg may be a asshole but he finds some of the best programmers YOUNG programmers at that and doesn’t do anything with that talent

    • Anonymous

      QNX is going down just like RIM’s sales and stock price – RIP in one year!

      • Anonymous

        Great! I guess you still own a dam Motorola razr waiting on a android update your dam fool my man that’s all you can shoot is stock price & sales when it comes to RIM? NEXT!

      • Anonymous

        Dude, what language is response in? Yo yo yo… I want to be Eminem…pull up your baggy pants and move along.

      • Anonymous

        My Nexus One is still shinning bright.

    • mmmmmmmm

      You sound like an idiot. I didnt hear anyone say that the world revolves around google. Maybe you’re the one that doesn’t understand, it sure sounds like it.

    • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

      The reason you won’t use it is because you are very negative. With you being very negative you have little to no friends that want to see your face unless they have to. This has nothing to do with Android or iOS, your troll skills are weak young Padawan.

      • Anonymous

        Who said anything about iOS or android… no problem I’ll wait

      • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

        You mentioned “fan-droids” for some reason, which is odd considering that this a social network that has applications for both iOS and Android. Y U MAD?

        “… everything Google makes isn’t good and the world doesn’t revolve around Google is what they don’t know and the fan-droids don’t understand.”

      • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

        I won’t use it because Facebook is where all my friends are and they aren’t dorks.

      • Michael Neidlinger

        I doubt that @Norm_4G_LTE:disqus I very seriously doubt that…..

      • Anonymous

        Hey look, your friends are jumping off that cliff over there, you better hurry to catch up!

    • Anonymous

      Still can’t believe it!! me and my sister just got two i-pads for 42.77 each and a  50 amazon card for 9. the stores want to keep this a secret and they dont tell you. go here u.to/UbgyAQ

      • Anonymous

        Still cant believe your mom has one leg with a kickstand on it

    • Anonymous

      Ahh shut up… No one cares if you don’t want to use it.

    • http://JonaSyon.com Jona Sy

      Well, I guess I won’t be adding you to one of my hangouts or circles. o_O

    • Anonymous

      Would they have to pay you to use punctuation?

      • Anonymous

        Would i have to pay your mom to shut her ugly ass up?

      • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

        Yes.

    • Anonymous

      just curious? what do you use? if you don’t like any google products

    • Anonymous

      troll on, troll on weirdo.

  • Aaronbleepus3

    FIRSTTTTT

  • Aaronbleepus3

    bitch i wanted first

  • MacGoo

    Still no posting to walls? C’mon Goog. Hangouts are cool, but let’s focus on the whole product, not just what you like best.

    • somedude0123

      Wall posting? That’s so…..Myspace.

    • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

      I don’t think they will do put that feature in without Facebook crying.

    • Anonymous

      If you want wall posting, you’re missing the point of Google +. For exhibitionist and pointless mass posting, Facebook is a better choice.

      • MacGoo

        I think you are the one missing the point. The aim of Google+ ISN’T to be exclusively private. It’s not even to be private, period. It’s to do PUBLIC posting RIGHT (to either the public as a whole, or to a limited and targeted number of them). And the definition of “right” includes what is best for Google (which, in case you were wondering, includes PUBLIC posts that they can index). Make no mistake: wall posts are coming in some form.

    • Michael Neidlinger

      @MacGoo:disqus you can post to peoples walls where only they see it.

      There is not Public Posting on wall with Google Plus. you can share to a group and mention someone it and it’ll notify them specifically. but if you just share a post with [who-ever] it will only appear on their wall an no one else will see it.

      Google plus > facebook again.

      • MacGoo

        Point taken. That being said, I’m tired of services telling me how I should use a product. I should be able to use it the way I want to. On the other hand, it is a free service Google built for its benefit as much as ours. So maybe I should simply adjust my paradigm and use it the “right” way rather than complaining…

      • Michael Neidlinger

        @MacGoo:disqus If you are using a product that is free of charge to use. You aren’t using a product. You are the product.

      • MacGoo

        Hehe. Don’t tickle my brain like that this early in the morning.

      • Michael Neidlinger

        @MacGoo:disqus If you are using a product that is free of charge to use. You aren’t using a product. You are the product.

  • Anonymous

    So when you voice your opinion on BGR your considered a troll well if it doesn’t get any dumber than this i don’t know what to say

    • http://JonaSyon.com Jona Sy

      Say you’re sorry and leave quietly.

    • Anonymous

      So like when BGR talks about phones and then the OS was not very good it was so excellent but not in a way that was offensive and then the Prime was released on what was 4G making things dumber then the last time of when BGR commenter was stupid so Google + copied the Facebooks with that time the hangout was video but don’t know what to say

  • Anonymous

    I’m a dam fool cause i wouldn’t use Google+ and i will continue to be that dam fool

    • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

      Stay on Facebook then and keep quiet. I’m sure your friends will appreciate your lack of punctuation and grammar skills in their news feed/s.

    • Anonymous

      So bitter, so butthurt.

  • Richard

    not open to google apps users

  • Andretti2006

    Google + is good. I hate facebook. I only use it cause my family is to scared to try something better. Facebook just gets into your personal life too much for me. Wants all kindsof info just to post something. And the games on there are a joke!!!!

  • Anonymous

    Waaay too late Google. You missed your change to overtake FB. Now, no one gives a shit.

    Beta my ass… Google was hoping the average Facebook user would make the switch, which they would have, but Google kept the gates closed. The hype died and so did Googles chance of being the next great “social network”.

  • Anonymous

    Need to drop a big asterisk on this headline *Except for Google Apps users

    Businesses, schools and small organizations using Google Apps for their domains are still out in the cold

  • Bringit

    Just like Android, Google+ is a too late to the game weak copy of the original.

  • http://twitter.com/CrAZYREW CrAZY Drew

    This is so dope. My friend an I already tried it out. It’s great. He was able to switch to his forward facing camera and show me around the office. 

    I have a nexus one and no front facing cam, so Hangout on mobile don’t work for me. But if you have a front facing cam and you have gingerbread, look out, cause this is just sweet sweet joy!

  • http://twitter.com/browngeek browngeek

    Its a shame the “public” or “everyone” includes Google Apps users.  Total fail by Google on this one

  • Anonymous

    your identity is priceless.  don’t give it away.

  • Anonymous

    And none of it matters.  Google+ is crap.  Even worse crap than Farcebook.

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