{"id":9751,"date":"2011-07-21T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-21T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=9751"},"modified":"2023-12-26T07:57:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-26T13:57:32","slug":"google-plus-now-has-an-ios-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/07\/google-plus-now-has-an-ios-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Plus now has an iOS app!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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You know you’re gonna get this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, I won’t know what it’s like to run Google Plus on an iOS device, because as of this writing, the app is only <\/strong>available to iPhone users. Google, Y U NO WANT ME TO USE IPOD TOUCH OR IPAD? Fret not Noisers because our very own Ron Cassell and Marian J. have an iPhone, the app, and opinions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ron’s Impressions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

While I still can’t justify making the space in my life for a third social network, I can honestly say that if Facebook doesn’t figure out how to make their social network work without all the stupid bugs, they will be replaced by Google Plus. After spending 2 seconds with the G+ iOS app, I could tell it was a much better experience than the Facebook iOS app. The reason I knew it was better was because after those 2 seconds, the G+ app hadn’t crashed yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only thing that slows me down with G+ at this point is the fact that not many people I keep in touch with are using it yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marian’s Impressions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I’m glad Google took their time working on this app instead of releasing it immediately after Google+ began accepting users. The appearance is clean and simple, yet there are tons of features packed into it. Google really did a wonderful job on this. Clicking on a comment notification will send you directly to the thread it was intended for, unlike Facebook’s app which is a huge annoyance for me. I’d like the scrolling through the streams to be a teeny bit smoother, because at times there is a slight delay, but not often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, I’m really enjoying the Google+ experience, and I’m hoping more people make the switch soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Verdict<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Although I won’t be able to do much Google Plus-ing (that just sounds all kinds of wrong) on iOS until Google decides to support non-iPhone devices, based on Ron and Marian’s review I have no choice but to bestow The Noisecast Seal of Approval! Now get me some damn iPod Touch\/iPad support Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Update:<\/strong> It should be noted that currently the Google Plus app is not compatible with iOS 5. Trying to run the Google Plus app on iOS 5 will lead to crashes, restarts (of the app), and just a generally shitty experience.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google+ debuts on iOS, dazzling with a smooth, feature-packed experience (goodbye, crashes!). But is it enough to steal your social crown? Ron & Marian dive deep, sharing their impressions and the verdict you’ve been waiting for!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[738],"tags":[358,589,1687,3494,44],"class_list":["post-9751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-apps","tag-apps-2","tag-google-plus","tag-ios","tag-iphone"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/GPlus-on-iTunes.jpg?fit=989%2C314&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelghY-2xh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9751"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21382,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9751\/revisions\/21382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}