 This is Dante with The Verge, and among all the big news that Google had to show off today was a new tablet app for Google+. The social network has never had a tablet app, and now there's a full-fledged one. And it comes with a full redesign of the social network as well. So let's just take a quick look here. When you first come in, you'll notice that they've made a total horizontal design, and everything kind of falls into place as you go across here. The frame rate drops a little bit, but it's a very picture-heavy experience. And everything's dynamically resized, that's what Google says, according to what it thinks you'll be interested in. In a 10-inch tablet form factor, this is an ASUS Transformer, it can do two rows here. But on a 7-inch tablet or a phone, it's just one row here, so it's not as interesting. But it is a full tablet experience, which is good to see. You can come across here, and this is the same sort of hollow experience that we've seen on a lot of Android apps. You drop down here, you get some options. But if you click here, you'll get what's very similar to the Google+. website, and you have all these options. But the big news here is events, which is a new situation, sort of like Facebook, where you can invite people to events and parties. These pages aren't as complete as you'll see on the computer. We'll show you guys that in a little bit. But it'll show pictures as people take them, and comments, and you can invite people. The last thing that's sort of noteworthy here is local, which will actually just kick you out to Google Maps, which is now enhanced with Zagat ratings. And you can find places to go nearby. But it's not really Google Plus feature, it's really just Google Maps. And you have to kick yourself back out to Google+. If we go into a photo, comments to photos, actually, you pull them up just like this, and you can scroll through them, which is actually a pretty great design that we haven't seen at all. And you can come in here and plus one a comment or a reply. Google did make a point of saying that the tablet interface is all new, but they updated the phone app today, and it's basically the same as the new tablet app. If we scroll down here, you can see it scrolls basically the same as before on the tablet app. And if we go widescreen, you can see it's essentially identical. We have the same hollow interface here where I can drop down here to get some options. And over here is a full list with notifications. Other than the updated tablet app, Google's, of course, added events to Google Plus on the web. And we come in here and it'll show everything you've been invited to, and it'll give you an option to make your own event. And if we go in here, we can see Google's added this new, what they're calling Cinegraphs. Over here, you can see this sort of some rustling in the wind. And it's not terribly original, but it gives it like a little personal touch. And these are all things that you can set up when you're first making an event. This is supposed to be like, you know, my friend really wants me to go to the party, and you open up this letter, you see where it is, and you can invite more people. And what is also being touted here is a new party functionality that makes it so that Google Plus is part of the party, not just how you all meet up. So if we go back to this other one that I started, we can see pictures that people were taking during the party. These are all taken by me, but if you had multiple people at the party who all checked into the party, all their pictures would come in here live during the party. And you could click up here to play live slideshow, and this will just filter through during the party. So if you had a TV monitor set up, for example, different perspectives of the proceedings as they go down could show up here. Other than events, they have added a local tab, which will give you the new Zagat ratings that Google's been working on that's already been implemented on mobile, and it's got recommendations for restaurants that you can go to. Google Plus for Android phones and Android tablets running Ice Cream Sandwich or greater is available now as an update in Google Play, and that's the new Google Plus.
 This is Dante with The Verge, and among all the big news that Google had to show off today
 was a new tablet app for Google+.
 The social network has never had a tablet app, and now there's a full-fledged one.
 And it comes with a full redesign of the social network as well.
 So let's just take a quick look here.
 When you first come in, you'll notice that they've made a total horizontal design, and
 everything kind of falls into place as you go across here.
 The frame rate drops a little bit, but it's a very picture-heavy experience.
 And everything's dynamically resized, that's what Google says, according to what it thinks
 you'll be interested in.
 In a 10-inch tablet form factor, this is an ASUS Transformer, it can do two rows here.
 But on a 7-inch tablet or a phone, it's just one row here, so it's not as interesting.
 But it is a full tablet experience, which is good to see.
 You can come across here, and this is the same sort of hollow experience that we've
 seen on a lot of Android apps.
 You drop down here, you get some options.
 But if you click here, you'll get what's very similar to the Google+.
 website, and you have all these options.
 But the big news here is events, which is a new situation, sort of like Facebook, where
 you can invite people to events and parties.
 These pages aren't as complete as you'll see on the computer.
 We'll show you guys that in a little bit.
 But it'll show pictures as people take them, and comments, and you can invite people.
 The last thing that's sort of noteworthy here is local, which will actually just kick you
 out to Google Maps, which is now enhanced with Zagat ratings.
 And you can find places to go nearby.
 But it's not really Google Plus feature, it's really just Google Maps.
 And you have to kick yourself back out to Google+.
 If we go into a photo, comments to photos, actually, you pull them up just like this,
 and you can scroll through them, which is actually a pretty great design that we haven't
 seen at all.
 And you can come in here and plus one a comment or a reply.
 Google did make a point of saying that the tablet interface is all new, but they updated
 the phone app today, and it's basically the same as the new tablet app.
 If we scroll down here, you can see it scrolls basically the same as before on the tablet
 app.
 And if we go widescreen, you can see it's essentially identical.
 We have the same hollow interface here where I can drop down here to get some options.
 And over here is a full list with notifications.
 Other than the updated tablet app, Google's, of course, added events to Google Plus on
 the web.
 And we come in here and it'll show everything you've been invited to, and it'll give you
 an option to make your own event.
 And if we go in here, we can see Google's added this new, what they're calling Cinegraphs.
 Over here, you can see this sort of some rustling in the wind.
 And it's not terribly original, but it gives it like a little personal touch.
 And these are all things that you can set up when you're first making an event.
 This is supposed to be like, you know, my friend really wants me to go to the party,
 and you open up this letter, you see where it is, and you can invite more people.
 And what is also being touted here is a new party functionality that makes it so that
 Google Plus is part of the party, not just how you all meet up.
 So if we go back to this other one that I started, we can see pictures that people were
 taking during the party.
 These are all taken by me, but if you had multiple people at the party who all checked
 into the party, all their pictures would come in here live during the party.
 And you could click up here to play live slideshow, and this will just filter through during the
 party.
 So if you had a TV monitor set up, for example, different perspectives of the proceedings
 as they go down could show up here.
 Other than events, they have added a local tab, which will give you the new Zagat ratings
 that Google's been working on that's already been implemented on mobile, and it's got recommendations
 for restaurants that you can go to.
 Google Plus for Android phones and Android tablets running Ice Cream Sandwich or greater
 is available now as an update in Google Play, and that's the new Google Plus.