Google+ gets full-size photo uploads, low-bandwidth Hangouts and more - aldrichfater1942

Google hasn't forgotten about Google+, its fledgling mixer network. In a big year-end update, the search goliath has added several new features, including a way to automatically upload large photos from an Android phone.

Users can enable full-size exposure uploads in Google+ settings, by tapping on "Present Upload," then tapping "Set upload sizing." The first 5 GB of full-size photo uploads are free. After that, users will have to buy more storage, protrusive at $2.49 per month for 25 GB of total storage.

As with in front, users bottom auto-upload an unlimited number of photos at standard-size, with a resolution of 2048 pixels wide. Instant uploads appear in a secret album on Google+, indeed they lavatory be distributed or just stored away for safekeeping.

Google has also added some features to Events. To bring i invitations easier, users john copy and paste their outcome URL into an e-mail operating theatre IM, and after the initial invitation goes out, they can send follow-up messages and imag who's viewed the invitation. Guests may now specify how many strange people they'atomic number 75 planning to bring.

The Google+ Hangouts chemical group chat service is getting a couple small tweaks as well. The minimum bandwidth required is now 150 Kilobyte, which should help in areas with slow service, and for Hangouts on Air, broadcasters can hide the strip of video feeds on the bed of the projection screen when there are atomic number 102 separate participants.

For its iOS app, Google has tweaked the look and feeling of the app and added some basic profile editing. For Android, the app now supports moving GIFs and birthday reminds in Google Directly. Both apps buttocks now provide notifications for updates from users' favorite circles.

Finally, Google is adding a couple of features consanguineal to Humanoid 4.2. The 3D panoramas known as Photo Spheres will now appear in users timelines if they're using Android 2.2 or higher, and Android 4.2 users can now add a Google+ widget to their lock screens.

Although Google+ has a report for being a ghost town, Google said this month that the overhaul has 235 million active users, including the great unwashe World Health Organization are doing things like +1'ing apps in Google Wreak or active in Hangouts through Gmail. When enumeration simply users who are victimisation their Google+ news feeds, the phone number of lively users is 135 million.