Google+ for iOS Gains iPad and iPod Touch Support, Not Yet Universal

Monday August 8, 2011 11:21 am PDT by Eric Slivka

Google today updated its Google+ app for iOS devices, most notably adding support for the iPad and iPod touch. The app had debuted nearly three weeks ago as an iPhone-only offering.

Unfortunately, while the app will now run on the iPad, the new version of Google+ is not yet a universal application. Consequently, it does not offer an iPad-optimized interface and is instead limited to displaying the iPhone interface at either 1x or 2x size.

What's New in Version 1.0.2.1966

- Huddle settings
- Aggregated circle add notifications
- iPod touch & iPad support
- Performance and stability improvements

Google+ is Google's new social networking service that has seen relatively rapid adoption as a competitor to Facebook and other social sites.

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Porco

Posted: 7 months ago

Google+.... Not Yet Universal

Ironic, given Apple's icon for universal iOS apps... !

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ScottishDuck

Posted: 7 months ago

Is it so hard to create a iPad version?
The iPhone layout is pretty simple and you just need to create another nib file...

But I don't care. I will not use Google+ even if all my friends should join it (no one has yet). Google knows too much about everybody already.

Whereas having facebook own and sell your information is a great alternative, clearly.

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AAPLaday

Posted: 7 months ago

And yet relatively speaking i bet they have a native iPad release before FB does

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Craiger

Posted: 7 months ago

now theres a message for iOS 5.0 beta users

But the stream seems to load for me now in iOS 5! :D

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mazz0

Posted: 7 months ago

It seems a touch more stable than the last version but MAN that's one ghastly app.

EDIT: mazz0, didn't mean to steal your word it must have been stuck in my head from reading the thread.

Haha, don't worry, consider it opensource :)

I don't mind the app, except for the home screen - I don't normally mind the flat look, but that screen is just TOO dull, not helped by that horrible light-light-grey. Yuck.

I'd like to see hang-outs included though.

I don't mind the Facebook app either - what's everyone's problem with that? Admittedly I don't have much experience with it as Facebook's full of meaningless banal rubbish, as opposed to interesting nerdy stuff in Google+!

Regarding iPad compatibility - what's wrong with browser based versions on iPad (except in iOS 5 where Safari keeps crashing, obviously!)?

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John.B

Posted: 7 months ago

now theres a message for iOS 5.0 beta users

That's what beta software is. Better that warning than the odd random crash for no apparent reason.

Rating: 1 Positives / 0 Negatives