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A few weeks ago Larry mentioned that we’d start shipping the Google part of Google+. The Android team then launched Ice Cream Sandwich, with a focus on improved sharing via Google+. And today we're rolling out two more Google+ features that integrate with two more Google products: YouTube and Chrome.

YouTube

It's no secret that YouTube is filled with tons of great content (from inspiring speeches to music videos to honey badgers). We wanted to bring YouTube directly into Google+—as well as make it easier to watch and share your favorites—so we're launching a YouTube "slider" in the stream. Here’s how it works:

Mouse over the new YouTube icon at the top right of Google+
It'll slide out and ask, "What would you like to play"?
Enter whatever you're in the mood for (like a topic or a musical artist)
We'll start playing a list of related videos in a new pop-up window, and if you move the pop-up elsewhere, you can still navigate your playlist from the slider:

[SLIDE]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6bF5S1RwJtc/TrK04HDCbtI/AAAAAAAAIok/BV1Gdk4Xj_c/s1600/youtube+slider.png[/SLIDE]​

From left to right: YouTube slider (closed), slider (open), pop-up playlist, slider (while playing)


Sharing YouTube videos with your circles also works (of course), but there's a nice little twist: the people you share with can open a related playlist directly from your post! Last but not least, we’re starting to include YouTube playlists in Google+ search results.

[SLIDE]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13cT_2dB2Bc/TrK01NuPmOI/AAAAAAAAIoc/4Bkcp-ICwe8/s1600/yt+playlists+in+search.png[/SLIDE]​

YouTube video in the stream (left), YouTube playlist in Google+ search results (right)

Read more: Google blog
 
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I think it's a pretty crap integration personally. It's a popup. Popup's are ugly and annoying often blocked by some antivirus, addblockers, etc. They could easily have integrated it more into the site with the videos more of a slide in feature. Don't get me wrong it's good it's added and will help both Google and Youtube in terms of traffic. I just think from a design aspect with the rest of G+ looking and working so well in design and UI (eg circles), I think they could have done better.
 
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