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Google Launches Reader Play, a Fullscreen News Browser

by Terrence O'Brien on March 10, 2010 at 04:40 PM

Yesterday, we spotted a strange tweet from the Google Reader team that simply read, "Getting ready to play..." Well, after about 24 hours of mystery, all has been revealed. (We could only hope that iamamiwhoami would be so prompt.)

Google Reader Play is a new slideshow-esque tool that focuses on short-and-sweet posts that works with your Google Reader account. By default, it pulls from a selection of popular posts (e.g., we're seeing pictures of otters, Yahoo! Answers disasters, and other funny and sensational stories). Play provides simple controls for moving between news items and lets you star, share, and like posts, without having to deal with the complex folder structure of Google Reader's usual view. Images and videos are automatically blown up to fill the screen. You can view content straight from your Google Reader folders (e.g. your folder of finely curated YouTube accounts showing pet videos), but it's a bit of a backwards process. Go to your regular Reader view, select feed options (the triangle next to the folder/feed), and click "View in Reader Play."

Google Reader Play



Google says that Play isn't intended to replace Reader, but is rather a complementary product that focuses on displaying content in a more accessible way. No set-up is required, so just visit google.com/reader/play, and check it out for yourself right now. [From: Official Google Blog]

Tags: google, google reader, google reader play, GoogleReader, GoogleReaderPlay, social networking, SocialNetworking, top, web

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