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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Google Reader App For Android Gets An Update: Now With Widgets!

Posted by Jason Lee in "Android Software" @ 11:00 AM

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/20...er-app-for.html

"Today we're excited to announce some updates to the official Google Reader app for Android. Over the last couple of months, we've added some of your most-requested features."

The official Google Reader app for Android just received a very nice update. The biggest listed features are the addition of ticker or unread count widgets that can be pointed at any single feed or person you follow and the ability to mark everything above your current reading location as read. That is the big one for me and something I really missed from the mobile web version of Reader. There are a few other nice things not mentioned in the post. There are a few subtle UI tweaks here and there that are very nice, the menu and been rearranged/optimized, and there is a new option in the setting to fully cache commonly accessed feeds for off-line reading once per hour! You can't choose which feeds, which seems a bit weird to me, but this will be a nice option for those who have nothing better to do on the subway. My world is pretty much funneled though Google Reader these days so I am very excited for this new update. Anyone else as addicted to this app as I am?

Tags: rss, google, reader

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Official Google Reader App Now Available In The Android Market!

Posted by Jason Lee in "Android Software" @ 06:30 PM

http://googlereader.blogspot.com/20...pp-is-here.html

"It's been a long time coming, but the official Google Reader app for Android is finally here. Let's jump into the features, shall we?"

All I have to say is, FINALLY!! Well, okay. That's not all I have to say. I'm one of those people who probably checks Google Reader more often than I check my email. It is my life line to the world. I get my news there, my friends blog updates, web comics, podcasts, pretty much anything I can get in RSS form. While the mobile web interface for Google Reader is pretty good there were just a few things that could make it better. Unless you are running it on a Galaxy Tab some of those links were a bit small for my liking and I don't know how many times I've accidentally closed my window and lost my place or had a link not open in a new window. Fortunately, now I have large finger friendly links and buttons and looks to be about every option available from the desktop web interface right on my phone. So what are you waiting for? Go get! Then come back here and tell us how much you <3 it.

Tags: rss, google, reader, feed

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