Google Play Newsstand
The company Google never sits idly by. And it is that, when you are not improving some of your services or applications, you are creating new ones. Proof of this is the rumored Google Newsstand, an application that appeared hidden in the guts of the latest version of Google Play Store and which has finally turned out to be a news aggregator. Thus, under the name Google Play Kiosk ,This tool is officially presented to be aware of everything that interests the user and that is published in different written media.
It is a news aggregator that seeks to unite and facilitate things for the user. That is why, even without replacing Google Currents, your current news reader, it does allow you to collect all its contents and add them to those of the magazines and other publications The negative point is that in Spain, for the moment, Google does not offer magazines to subscribe to, so Play Kiosco also works as a news reader with a most attractive and comfortable but without all the potential for which it has been created.
With it Google Play Newsstand allows you to keep up to date with the latest news and important media publications, but also blogsOf course, using as sources the more than 1,900 publications collected by Google, without being able to use RSS or subscriptionsto web pages or blogs not so well known that are of interest to the user. However, the variety presented touches all fields and includes well-known and quality publications, so the novice user can feel satisfied.
With the philosophy of combining services, this application automatically collects all the subscriptions of the user that already used Google Currents, thus not having to start from scratch. But, if this is not the case, just go to the menu My news and press the card Add More to begin selecting information sources. Whether they are technology, food, photography, lifestyle, motoring, business, politics”¦ all of them are well organized, only having to access one section and mark the sources from which you wish to receive information.In addition, there is a section Destacado where you can find the main news outlets, among which are the different sections of the group Tuexperto.com
Once the user has configured their fonts, they can access the application and enter the section Read now to consult the last minute or most recent posts. Scrolling down, more information is known, being able to click on any to read all the news, including photos, videos and audio files All with a style that facilitates readability even though the information comes from very different sources. In addition, there are several extra functions noteworthy such as the possibility of mark news to store them inBookmarks and read them later, choose sources that download their news to the terminal to read them without Internet connectionand share all this data from the same application, among other issues.
In short, a useful service that has a very good design to make its handling pleasant as well as practical. Proof of this is the introduction of animated covers in each media, but not limited to allowing change of section with just a swipe. However, the possibility of subscribing and accessing digital magazines is still missing. The key that would distinguish this application from Google Currents , where it is possible to add subscriptions RSS Be that as it may, Google Play Newsstand is now available for Android devices via Google Play Store totally free
