G+ Web Update Sept 9
We’re rolling out two new features on the Google+ Web app today. First, when joining a Community on the recommended communities page, we’ll reveal a number of related additional suggestions.

Second, search autocomplete suggestions are now significantly faster and include personalized recommendations like collections you own, communities you’ve joined, and more relevant results specifically for you. Of course, you can still access full search results in addition to these autocomplete shortcuts which are intended to get you to what you’re looking for faster.

As always, please keep sending us your ideas/issues using the Send Feedback menu item.
Thanks~

Chrome Web Browser Notifications
Today we’re rolling out the ability to get Google+ notifications in the Chrome Web browser. In order to enable this feature, you’ll have to turn on the Google+ Web notifications setting and give your Web browser permission to send you notifications from plus.google.com (illustrated in the image).

You don’t have to be on plus.google.com to get these notifications. General Chrome browser notification settings can be managed under Content Settings in Chrome.

As always, please send us any ideas/issues using the Send Feedback menu item to ensure we see them.

Thanks~

Chrome Web Browser Notifications
Today we’re rolling out the ability to get Google+ notifications in the Chrome Web browser. In order to enable this feature, you’ll have to turn on the Google+ Web notifications setting and give your Web browser permission to send you notifications from plus.google.com (illustrated in the image).

You don’t have to be on plus.google.com to get these notifications. General Chrome browser notification settings can be managed under Content Settings in Chrome.

As always, please send us any ideas/issues using the Send Feedback menu item to ensure we see them.

Thanks~

Google+ Users Of The Week: Google+ Team
Big Thanks for the hard work, for constantly improving Google+ and for bringing the new Google+ to more people, Carter Gibson, Sophie Bonnet , Leanne Osborne , Madeleine DeRome, Sooraj Wadhwa, Pamela Abi Najem, Carolina Liu, Daniel Raynaud, Leo Deegan, Danielle Buckley, Luke Wroblewski, Wahbeh Qardaji, Frank Rodriguez, Swapneel Kshetramade, Jared Kamel, Jeff Schiller & the entire Google+ Team!     

How-To (New) Google+ -> goo.gl/62ZYaC
(Image from Sophie Bonnet)

Circle Streams Setting
For those of you looking for quicker access to your Circle Streams in the new Google+ Web experience… look no further. We have a setting on iOS, Android, and the Web for Circle Stream users that adds a quick filter to your home stream. Just go to Settings > Advanced Settings and turn on “Enable circle streams in navigation.”

As always, please send us any ideas/issues using the Send Feedback menu item to ensure we see them.

Thanks~

New Notifications Center
We’re starting to roll out a new notifications center on the Google+ Web experience. Within it you can mark all notifications as read, quickly scan by notification type (comments, +1s, reshares), and filter all your notifications by All, Unread, and Other Updates. These filters are also available today on the Google+ iOS app.

This new Notifications Center our first version, with lots of updates to come. As such, please send us any ideas/issues using the Send Feedback menu item to ensure we see them.

Thanks~

Approved Posting in Communities
Today we’re rolling out a highly requested feature for Community owners and moderators. On the new Google+ Web, iOS, and Android apps, Communities now have a new “Hold Posts for Review” setting.

With this on, all new posts will be held for review and not visible to Community members until approved by a Community owner or moderator. The MODERATE button will indicate when there’s new posts to review. Each post can be approved or rejected manually or each member in the review queue can be banned or auto-approved. Banned members will be removed from the Community and not allowed to join again. Auto-approved members will have their posts automatically show in the future (no approval required).

As always, please send us your ideas/issues using our Send Feedback menu item as that’s the best way to ensure we’ll see them. Thanks~

More on the New Google+
Today we made several Google+ announcements:

1. Google+ will become a core Google for Work service
2. We’re launching a few new features
3. The Google+ Web experience will be default on for everyone (with an option to switch back to Google+ classic)

Also of note, in November (http://goo.gl/4ACDk9):
“There are 1.2 million joins of communities a day on the platform…and collections are seeing even more pickup”

And today:
“Since introducing the new version, twice as many Collections are followed per day and there are 1.6 million daily new Community joins.”

Full details are in Danielle’s post: https://plus.google.com/+DanielleBuckley/posts/AnaA1XCANWm

Links & Images in Comments
We’re starting to roll out the ability to add images and links to comments on Google+ for Android, iOS, and the Web. When leaving a comment with a link, you’ll be able to select a specific image or post without one. You can also remove both images and links before posting your comment and we’ll warn you to make sure nothing gets lost.

As always, please send us your ideas/issues using our Send Feedback menu item as that’s the best way to ensure we’ll see them. Thanks~

Bringing the new Google+ to more people

Last November, (http://goo.gl/Yn6mjA) we introduced a preview on web of a fully redesigned Google+ to make it easier for people to discover and connect around unique and interesting things. From a Japanese astronaut sharing his experience in the International Space Station (http://goo.gl/JZQ7wH) to food lovers sharing their passion for breadmaking (http://goo.gl/wEh0C8), people are using Google+ to explore their interests more than ever.

Since introducing the new version, twice as many Collections are followed per day and there are 1.6 million daily new Community joins. Many of you have also shared feedback and requests, and we’ve been listening (http://goo.gl/IMLvy7).

Today, we’re announcing three new updates for Google+.

First, some new features. You can now have richer conversations by adding links and photos to your comments. We’re also offering Community owners and moderators more control over who posts what with approved posting. Finally, we’re launching a new notifications center on the web where you can see and manage your recent activity on Google+. These features will be available across the web, Android and iOS in the coming weeks.

Second, if you haven’t yet previewed the new Google+, over the next few days we’ll upgrade you to the experience when you sign in on the web. You’ll still be able to toggle back to classic Google+ for the time being.

Finally, businesses have told us that they’ve found Google+ to be a valuable way to help employees share ideas and expertise via Collections and Communities, and we’re looking forward to making it available to more organizations. Today, Google Apps users already using Google+ (http://goo.gl/GxGRXo) will also see the new experience (goo.gl/IJtbah) when they sign in and in the next few weeks, Google+ will become a core Google for Work service.

From the interesting (http://goo.gl/yP2QJp), to the surprising (http://goo.gl/3dk0Xs), and the delightful (goo.gl/gix7s6), we hope Google+ continues to help you discover amazing things from passionate people.