March 11, 2010
Google reader has released a new feature called “Play” which can be accessed at http://google.com/reader/play. This feature gives a nice film strip view of posts.
According to the official release statement : It is an experimental product from the Google Reader team that makes the best stuff in Reader more accessible for everyone, while giving Reader users a new way to view their feeds.
When you first log in you don’t see feeds from your subscriptions. Instead from the one which google recommends to you depending on your subscription history and other criteria.
It uses the same technology as the Recommended Items feed in Reader to identify and aggregate the most interesting items on the web. If you sign in, Reader Play will also be personalized with items that people you’re following have shared in Google Reader, and items similar to ones you’ve previously liked, starred, or shared.
You can also view your subscribed items by clicking on “view in reader play” menu item as seen below:
Some cool features in Google Reader Play are:
- You can view the full feed content in Play itself.
- Auto play features lets you to enjoy feeds without having to do hundreds of clicks. You can even hide the thumbnails at the bottom by clicking the thumbnail icon in the bottom left.
- To customize your experience even more, click the sliders icon and choose different categories that interest you (we’ll start showing them immediately).
Hope it will be the next big thing for Google Reader… I hope it evolves into something similar to Feedly.
