Week Inwards Review - November 21, 2015: Novel Google+, Google Photos In Addition To More

This calendar week the new Google+ launched, amongst a snappier interface, redesigned profiles in addition to simplified features. The novel Google+ is “focused or in addition to thence interests” amongst an emphasis on Collections in addition to Communities. It’s withal a move inward progress, in addition to yous tin opt inward (and dorsum out) on the spider web past times only clicking a link.

Where is everything?

Hangouts tin endure accessed at hangouts.google.com , inward Gmail, in addition to using the Chrome Hangouts app or extension.
Events are available inward the Android Google+ app in addition to the Classic G+ interface
Hangouts on Air tin endure scheduled starting from hangouts.google.com or YouTube Live Events, or past times switching dorsum to Classic G+
Links to Google+ Photos “highlights” in addition to albums redirect to Google Photos, pregnant yous tin exclusively access your Blogger in addition to Hangouts icon albums inward Picasa Web Albums.

There are to a greater extent than details below.

If yous endeavor the novel Google+, be certain to shipping feedback to Google+ straight to allow them know what yous like, dislike in addition to which features are essential to you.

How to shipping effective feedback to Google

What else was novel this week? Google Photos straightaway lets yous convert your "Original" images to "High Quality" images that don't count towards your storage limits. You tin also easily withdraw already-backed-up photos from your phone. Folks without a Google trouble organization human relationship tin bring together a Hangouts video call. YouTube introduced novel translation tools. Plus to a greater extent than updates, tips in addition to articles.

Note some of the links are listed nether to a greater extent than than i category below.

Mark your Calendar

Feature Fri contest: This week's #FeatureFriday contest is looking for Google+ Collections almost Google products in addition to services - I know a lot of yous out in that place cause got Google-related Collections so submit yours! (Google+ Creators Community)
Event: Interested inward the Google Top Contributor Program? Mark your calendar for Dec tertiary (Google Top Contributor Program)
Contest: Are yous a teen artist? Or produce yous know whatsoever artistic students inward grades K through 12? Check out the Doodle iv Google contest (Deadline Dec 7)(Google)
Course: Register for the “How to showtime making coin on YouTube* Creator Academy Bootcamp (December 7-21) (YouTube Creators)

Google+

Introducing the novel Google+ (Official Google Blog)
Dive into the novel Google+ (Official post on Google+ past times Luke Wroblewski)
What’s changing amongst Google+ (Google+ Help Center)
The novel Google+ goes completely responsive, making pages charge faster on all devices (Google Developers)
Tips: Google+ TC Alex Garcia’s How to Google+ Collection has dandy tips for using the novel Google+ (Alex Garcia)
Some interesting articles:

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Improvements to Sign-In amongst Google Play services 8.3: Sign inward amongst Google+ becomes Sign inward amongst Google (no Profile required) (Android Developers blog)
Where's my (Google+) stuff?

How to post inward the novel Google+ (Alex Garcia)
Get your Circle streams dorsum (Dustin Stout)
New Google+ keyboard shortcuts (Artem Russakovskii)
Find your Hangouts afterwards switching to the novel Google+
How to schedule a Hangout on Air afterwards switching to the novel Google+: opened upwardly hangouts.google.com in addition to pick out "Hangouts on Air" inward the left menu
Small businesses: laissez passer your customers the take link to your Google Business page reviews (Online Ownership) Also: Automated review link creation tool (Pleper)
How to find your Blogger weblog images now that Google+ Photos is no longer accessible (updated G+ Post)

Google Photos

Update New Google Photos features on Android (John Elstone)
New! Google Photos helps yous costless upwardly infinite on your telephone - straightaway yous tin easily delete device copies of your already-backed-up photos or instruct a alert when your storage is almost total (Google Photos)
New! Google Photos helps yous clear upwardly infinite inward your Google account: convert your photos from Original to High Quality (Google Photos)
New! Get your photos on the map! Now yous tin part photos straight from Google Photos to Google Maps (Google Local Guides)

Google Small Business in addition to Local

New! Review local businesses, upload photos, right Google Maps - Google Local Guides tin flat upwardly to instruct to a greater extent than storage! (Google Local Guides)
New! Get your photos on the map! Now yous tin part photos straight from Google Photos to Google Maps (Google Local Guides)
Tip: How to restore a deleted Google+ Page (and its YouTube channel) at Google My Business (G+ part of this post)

YouTube

New! YouTube Creators: enable the novel Sponsored Cards format on your videos
Update YouTube listens: Subscription grid thought is back! (YouTube)
New! YouTube's novel translation tools assist yous connect amongst a global audience (YouTube Creators)
Update YouTube Kids app straightaway available inward the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand in addition to Canada (YouTube)
New! YouTube fights for fair use (Google Public Policy blog)
Course: Register for the “How to showtime making coin on YouTube Creator Academy Bootcamp (December 7-21) (YouTube Creators)

Hangouts on Air in addition to Live Broadcasting

New Google+: Hangouts on Air tin endure scheduled starting from hangouts.google.com or YouTube Live Events, or past times switching dorsum to Classic G+
Tip Promote your Hangout on Air or YouTube Live lawsuit across all your videos in addition to on your channel (Video Creators)

Hangouts

New! Have guests bring together a Hangouts video telephone band using a URL link, no Google trouble organization human relationship required (Google for Work)
New Google+: Hangouts tin endure accessed at hangouts.google.com , inward Gmail, in addition to using the Chrome Hangouts app or extension.
Tip Find your Hangouts icon albums inward Picasa Web Albums

Blogger in addition to Webmasters

Update Updating the Google Search Quality Rating Guidelines (Webmaster Central Blog)
Tip The fourth dimension is straightaway for multi-screen (AdSense blog)
Tip Human-centered design: When writing for humans, it helps to recall similar one (AdSense blog)
Tip 5 tips to grow website visitors (AdSense blog)
Article Google Webmasters spotlight series: Get to know the Google Webmasters squad members (Google Webmasters)
Tip How to find your Blogger weblog images now that Google+ Photos is no longer accessible (updated G+ Post)

AdSense in addition to Advertising

Article YouTube Red in addition to other subscription services that withdraw ads are "a truce betwixt creator in addition to consumer" (Eric Ravenscraft at Lifehacker)
Article Wladimir Palant, Adblock Plus, in addition to the (profitable) nation of war against unacceptable ads. (Russ Juskalian at Technology Review)
New! Drive sales in addition to app downloads amongst video this vacation season (AdWords blog)
New! YouTube Creators: enable the novel Sponsored Cards format on your videos

Nexus, Android, Project Fi

Update Android vi Marshmallow rolling out to devices on Project Fi , addition Band 12 News
Update Nexus 6P is dorsum inward stock, exactly inward fourth dimension for vacation shopping :) (Nexus)
Tip Sticky FAQ almost Bad USB Type-C Legacy cables (Benson Leung)
Tip Don’t purchase the OnePlus USB Type C adaptor for your Nexus 6P/5X or Pixel (Benson Leung)

More Mobile

New! Improvements to Sign-In amongst Google Play services 8.3: Sign inward amongst Google+ becomes Sign inward amongst Google (no Profile required) (Android Developers blog)
New! Redisigned Google app for iOS devices (Google)
Update Google Fit: Step Up Your Fitness (Official Android blog)

Updated March 2019 to withdraw Google+ links