{"id":648630,"date":"2013-03-25T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T17:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=222255"},"modified":"2013-03-25T13:00:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T17:00:37","slug":"google-apps-updated-with-photo-filters-improvements-to-profiles-communities-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/648630","title":{"rendered":"Google+ Apps Updated with Photo Filters, Improvements to Profiles & Communities, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has just launched<\/a> a major update to Google+ for iOS and Android, bringing photo filters, a brand new profile design, new features for communities, and much more.<\/p>\n

First off, the big, flashy new addition Google+ for iOS is photo filtering. It’s part of a photo editing update that also lets you rotate and crop your photos. There are now 9 different filters to choose from, including black & white, warm, cool, and “retrolux.” In this regard, Google+ is catching up to other apps like Facebook and Twitter in capitalizing on the filtering craze spawned by Instagram.<\/p>\n

This is the result of Google’s September, 2012 acquisition of Snapseed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Google says that with the new editing software, you’ll be able to “do basic edits like rotate and crop, as well as select filters like Drama and Retrolux; adjust saturation, contrast, brightness and lots more by sliding your fingers up-and-down, then left-and-right; single tap at any time to compare your creation with the original.”<\/p>\n

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Other useful improvements include the ability to control the volume of posts from each of your circles or communities and a new search filtering option that lets you sort by best and most recent.<\/p>\n

The last feature to get retooled in both the iOS and Android apps is Google+ Communities. Now, you can broadcast specific communities to your connections by sharing it of sending them an invite. You also have to ability to re-share posts with specific communities. Also, Google now shows you counts for unread community messages.<\/p>\n

There are also some Android-specific updates for the Google+ app, including some improvements to how you view content in your stream:<\/p>\n