Google quietly announced on Google+ that they have added "location sharing" features to Google+ for Android.
This was expected since Google Latitude died and was being shut down. We knew Google wanted to integrate latitude-like features into Google Maps and Google+ and this is their first attempt at doing so.
Virgil Dobjanschi, Google's tech lead for Google+ Android applications, explained the new features added to Google+ for Android to enable location sharing.
Location sharing includes more controls: Starting today you can share your pinpoint or city-level location with others (if you want), and you can do so on a circle-by-circle basis. For example: you can share your pinpoint location with family, and your city-level location with co-workers. You can also use circles to filter who appears on your “Locations” map.
Here are some pictures:
There are many other features added to version 4.1 of Google+ for Android, but location sharing is a big one.
The other features include:
- Account and page switching is a lot easier
- Google Apps for Business features are now fully supported
- Google Drive photos & videos are now accessible from Google+
- Messenger is going away, Hangouts is sticking around
Forum discussion at Google+.
