Google Reader website gets major overhaul, new Android app to follow soon

November 1, 2011

Google Reader website gets major overhaul, new Android app to follow soon 3

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On the heels of Google launching their new Flipboard competitor, code-named Propeller, they have given Google Reader a major overhaul. New features include:

A new look and feel that's cleaner, faster, and nicer to look at.
The ability to +1 a feed item (replacing “Like”), with an option to then share it with your circles on Google+ (replacing “Share” and “Share with Note”).

Friending is now turned off in favor of Google+ functionality. It was a tough decision to drop friending, but it will allow Google to focus on fewer areas and build a better user experience. We can expect a new Android app soon.

Google also plans on unveiling a new social news reader, code-named Propeller which will be completely separate from Google Reader. It could drop as soon as this week so look for that.

[via googlereader blog]

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Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.