Google+ iPhone app now available on App Store (updated)
The Google Plus social network has kicked into high gear, despite a limited number of available invites over the first few weeks. Starting today it's even easier for iOS users to share with Circles, follow a Stream or do rapid-fire messaging with a Huddle: the iPhone app for Google+ is now in the US store.
The free app supports the Stream, Circles and Huddle features; it's just now downloading on our iPhones so we'll check out the detailed options shortly. Enjoy, Plussians!
A few quick notes: the app is truly iPhone-only, and will not install on the iPod touch or iPad. Some users running the iOS 5 beta report crashes, which is unsurprising but worth mentioning. Also, it's very difficult to search for the app in the App Store (one would think that the world's largest search company would know that '+' is a common search modifier and tricky to include in a literal search string); the easiest way to find it, short of the direct link, is to browse the list of all the apps published by Google.
Thanks to MediaKat for the tip.
Update: The app was updated within an hour of release. Fastest update we've ever seen. From the app's description it appears to have been an issue on Apple's end (ouch!):
We discovered an issue with the version of the iPhone Google+ App that was on the App Store. When we launched, the App Store started serving a previous test version of the App which didn't have the stability and fixes that the latest version had. It started serving the correct version a little later. If you downloaded within the first 1 hour 40 mins, you may have downloaded the older test version.
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Seriously, Google... it's *Apple's* fault that you uploaded the wrong version? Take some freakin' responsibility for your own actions. Apple couldn't have served the wrong version if you hadn't told them to.
July 24 2011 at 3:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGoogle is coming along quite well with it's social media developments and bring the Google+ app to the iphone will make it even more popular and interesting. Nice post.
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When can we expect a google+ app for blackberry!
July 20 2011 at 11:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMichael, there's nothing wrong with searching for "Google+" (no quotes) - it works fine and the app comes up first. The issue was the app hadn't worked it's way into Apple's App Store indexes just yet. Try again.
July 19 2011 at 10:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIn Tokyo. Downloaded the app without problem, but when I try to sign in it says "You need an invitation" "Right now testing with a small number of people, but it won't be long before the Google +project is ready for everyone. Already invited? We've temporarily exceeded our capacity. Please try again soon". if you tap the learn more button it takes you to the web and a help page where there is a link inviting you to 'poke around here'. Nothing helpful there just some propaganda. If it isn't ready yet or not functioning properly, why put it out there? Disapointing!
July 19 2011 at 4:44 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI want to know why they didn't even allow the app to run on the iPod touch... that's just ridiculous. The iPod touch has the exact same screen as the iPhone. Supporting it literally takes no work. In fact, I'm almost certain they put more effort into NOT supporting the iPod touch than they would have had to put into supporting it.
July 19 2011 at 4:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMIke, as an iOS developer, I assure you that depending on which iPod touch it is, it takes a bit more than "no work"...
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Not available on all app stores in different countries.
July 19 2011 at 3:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyGuys....the whole idea of using a beta application is that you know that it might not be stable. When you use an operating system that isn't stable -- why would any app running on top of it be?
Stop complaining about that it doesn't work on your BETA device! It works on non-beta devices..that's all that matters until next major iOS-release is out.
On IOS 5 beta 3, lots of crashes. Some functions work, but I can't even get the stream to populate.
July 19 2011 at 3:41 PM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplySo far google, no universal app, us only, iPhone only?
Are you TRYING to fail? Seriously. I don't have a touch, but you think you're not alienating a huge market?
I swear, someone needs a smack upside the head at google hq.
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