Google has pushed out a few updates to its Android apps today, and after Search and Hangouts comes Play Newsstand. Having come together as an amalgamation of Play Magazines and Google Currents, Newsstand’s latest update brings us a couple of neat new additions including the pretty hot looking homescreen widget we see here.
The default widget size is 4×3, and it’s pretty darn nice to look at. You just get one article at a time with a big old image, the headline and where and when it came from. To cycle through your most recent stuff, tap the down arrow in the bottom right corner and you’ll keep on going until you run out of things to read.
Also new in this latest update is the ability to display mini cards on the main page. It’s exactly what it sounds like, in that it’ll shrink all your content cards to a much smaller size and you’ll get more on the screen at once. Toggling it on and off is real simple, just open up the main menu and its a check box right there under refresh.
Google’s changelog just says “bug fixes,” so we’re not 100% sure if that’s it or if there’s some more goodies underneath. So far we’ve noticed it’s a little smoother on our devices, with much less lag than has been present in the past. If you notice something else new, drop us a line in the comments!
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