YouTube Videos Inside of Google+

New instant YouTube tab on your Google+ home page is pretty neat. There goes Google, quietly rolling out new features. Wonder whats next? 
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.

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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)
It will 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:
For more information go to Google's Official Blog: Official Google Blog


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

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


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