Google is pushing out a nice festive little update in the play store for Google+. While you are viewing one of your photos in Google+ you can give your device a little shake to make it snow. Shake your device again to save the snowy photo and share it with your circles. The update also automatically refreshes friends locations, includes a variety of photo improvements and the usual bug fixes.
What’s new:
1. Shake your device to add snow to your photos. Many of you enjoyed last week’s#AutoAwesome snow (http://goo.gl/913KlK), so we’re adding another way to let it snow this holiday season. Just open one of your photos, shake your device, and snow will start falling. Shake again to save. (http://youtu.be/YWRa6Cz6m_M)
2. Search across more stuff, from a single box. Now you can search for posts, people, photos and communities — all from one place. So the next time you’re looking for something specific, just tap ‘Search’ and type what you want.
3. Control who can buzz your phone, without missing notifications from others. If you only want certain people to be able to buzz your phone (like family), simply adjust your “Who can notify me†settings. Notifications from others will now appear in “Everything else,†so you can read them whenever it’s convenient.
4. Explore content by category. Now when you visit the What’s Hot stream, you’ll be able to “go deeper†on a number of different categories — from Music and Science to Sports and Photography.
5. Spread the love this holiday season. Now when you +1 posts in the stream, you’ll see something lovely.
In typical fashion, the update is rolling out gradually through the Play Store to everyone. That process can take a a little bit of time. If you don’t like waiting then you can go download it from our sister site, Gappsearly and pick up v4.2.4 right now, enjoy.
