As blogged about earlier today, it is now official Google has announced today Google Buzz, its latest steps into social media.
Google’s Bradley Horowitz introduced the new product and how humans share their information and the social media phenomenon of wanting to share information as the two key areas the were core to Google Buzz.
GMail, one of the most popular Google products now has some new features:
- Auto-following
- Rich sharing experience
- Public and private sharing
- Inbox integration
When you log into GMail you will have a tab called Buzz and will provide services such as:
- Links to Picasa, Twitter, Flickr, and other sites
- Thumbnails when linked to photos from sites like Picasa and Flickr.
- It uses the same keyboard shortcuts as Gmail.
- It has a system to send you an email letting you know about updates.
- @replies are supported, just like Twitter.
- Google buzz will be accessible via mobile in three ways: from Google Mobile’s website, from Buzz.Google.com
- Buzz knows where you are. It will figure out what building you are and ask you if it’s right.
- Buzz has voice recognition and posts it right onto your buzz in real-time. It also geotags your buzz posts.
- In the mobile interface, you can click “nearby” and see what people are saying nearby.
Thats all we know for now, but when we learn more we will let you know!