Google+ working closely with the Company's Android

Android Ice Cream

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) said it has overhauled its Google+ for Android application, working closely with the company's Android team to help the app's design hew closely to the forthcoming Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" operating system.  Google+ for Android 2.1 offers a new user interface for posting, better notifications, and navigation and performance improvements. Users may add other users from a Circle from Circle profiles.

"We worked closely with the Android team as they developed Android 4.0 (aka Ice Cream Sandwich) so you'll see the same attention to beauty and simplicity in our new design," said Google+ software engineer Bill Eidelson in a post on Google+. Finally, there is also now support for Google Apps users.  Google made waves last week when it rolled out Google+ support for Google Apps users on the desktop.

IT administrators can now manually turn on Google+ for their corporate employees who use Google Apps for Business or the free version of Google Apps and who have set up their domain to automatically enable new services. One the desktop, Google+ Hangouts integration with Google Docs makes sense.  Download the new app from the Android Market.

The device appears to sport a large screen, is incredibly thin, and could also be LG’s first smartphone to ship with Google’s latest Android Ice Cream Sandwich update. What casts doubt is that it sports a home button, but Ice Cream Sandwich doesn’t require any dedicated buttons.