Google+ Coming to iPad Soon

Drew Olanoff writing for The Next Web:

The app is absolutely gorgeous, and it definitely takes some cues from Flipboard’s approach to content display and digesting. I found that after using the app for a few minutes, navigating your way through all of Google+’s features was simple, and more importantly, natural. It’s a hybrid of Flipboard and Apple’s coverflow.

I’m not a Google+ user, but the new social features found in the Android and iPad versions look to imaginative, and in some cases, quite clever. Google+ Hangouts is built in, so you can chat with groups of family and friends — similar to FaceTime. Commenting looks easy, pictures are laid out like magazine images, and Google has seems to have managed to retain a modern and friendly interface that doesn’t feel abstract or robotic. You’ll want to check out The Next Web for more images and hands-on with the tablet app.

Edit: Clarified headline to note that Android version is coming today, with the iPad version coming soon.