Google+ Further Penetrates Google Contacts and Gmail

Google+ is going to be integrated with every Google service out there sooner or later and an indication of that came up yesterday when Gmail team announced that more Google+ features have been integrated into Gmail and Google Contacts. Lets check out what they are.

Add to Circles From Gmail

Right, you can now add people to your Google+ circles directly from your Gmail interface. Obviously, that person needs to be on Google+ in the first place. If he is, you will see an add to circles button along with his profile info on the right of the email he or she sends you.

Filter by Circles

Your circles will now show up as a list in your Gmail sidebar and you may use it to filter email accordingly. So if you remember getting emails from people in certain Google+ circles of yours, you could quickly jump to that email via this filtering method.

Share Photos on Google+ Directly from Gmail

Yes, you can now quickly share a photo you received in an email on Google+. No need to download it first.

Automatic Contacts Updation

Contact information in Google profile becomes contact information in Google Contacts and hence Gmail. As simple as that. Anything added or deleted from the Google profile gets the same treatment in Google Contacts. This can have both good and adverse impacts. If a contact decides to remove information from his Google profile, you stand to lose that information about him in your Google contacts too.

The changes are being rolled out, and as usual, Google Apps users will have to wait before this is made available to them.

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