Google Launches Bundle of Features for Google+ Mobile Apps

The features include beefed up events-organizing tools, tweaks to the social network’s popular Hangouts feature and a suite of changes aimed at improving photo quality.

“The updates are really refinements to core social features, helping people stay better connected [and] support for better photo uploads,” said Brian Blau, an analyst at Gartner.

“Despite the apparent large active user base Google+ still isn’t as popular as the other major social networks, but with these updates Google continues to improve Google+ functionality and push the service deeper into its own ecosystem as they attempt to keep users focused on Google apps and services,” Blau said.