All new and old updates and changes list [Google Plus]

by Aaqil on August 6, 2011

Listing (all old and recent) changes or new features of Google+. I post them regularly as they happen at twitter @NiNJAdotPK

  • Now you can invite friends with just sharing invitation link with them, click Invite button on Google+ web to check it out. Go to http://goo.gl/br5nd if you are looking for invitation link.

  • Control which of your circles or friends can chat with you. From Google+ web, Click on Status icon > Chat Settings and tick people or circles. (This will share your email with them) [update: I no longer can see these settings, seems like Google+ team have removed]
  • New Google+ Android app released (1.0.5) . Download from Android Market or direct apk download from and read detailed change-log http://goo.gl/1EXLW
  • Search someone by name using search box in circles tab.
  • Now you can re-order your circles by going to Circles page and dragging dropping them to positions which you want.
  • Now in name tagging, G+ will prefer the people in post first, then your circles & then rest of the Google+ , makes tagging fast.
  • Official Google+ updates page by Google+ team http://goo.gl/0fcNs
  • Now you can rename albums [Go to one of your albums/photos click an album and click on the album title.]
  • Google+ team is suspending accounts of fake profiles or profiles with fake names.
  • Now your Google profile image will be shown in Google search results
  • Now control who can add you to huddles, change settings from Google+ Web settings.
  • Now import contacts from any address book exported file by going to circles tab.
  • Google+ updates: Now you can +1 comments from notifications bar. http://j.mp/peO5P2
  • Google+ update: Now you can get more people suggestions by clicking Get more Suggestions in circles tab in Find and Invite.
  • Google+: Web update, now comments will not repeat a post in your stream. Instead post will appear once in your stream.
  • Live hangout video broadcasting coming with youtube to Google+
  • Several more hangout features coming soon to Google+ like opinion sharing widgets etc (reminds me of Google wave widgets and being used at http://goo.gl/BBoKW)
  • Now you can’t mention names of those people in Private posts who are not shared the post with.
  • Send your posts automatically to Twitter, Facebook http://goo.gl/fb/ey2ZL
  • Google+ next two months coming major updates: performance, fans page like feature, facebook like games and apps, developers API.
  • Age requirement will drop to 13 for Google+ once it is open to public.
  • Google Picasa: Google Picasa has now unlimited storage for Google+ users http://goo.gl/fb/Yd6jH

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