Google Buzz widget hits Android

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Google Buzz has been kind of a bust so far but I have a lot of promise for the mobile aspects of the social networking overhaul. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has just released a new Buzz widget for Android, and this may help branch line borrowing.

The widget volition sit on your blind and net ball you quickly upload textual matter or a picture that tin be geo-tagged. You can still approach bombilation through the browser or via Google Maps, but this appliance makes it easier to manipulation. On the desktop, I discovery Buzz to be an unneeded mess hall but the fix-based features of the mobile version tin be appealing. We’re seeing companies like Foursquare and Gowalla are gaining a lot of traction with fix-based check-in models and I think this is where Buzz volition become popular. In its verbal description of the new appliance, the search giant pushed using it to place location-based reviews of restaurants (acquiring nervous Yelp?).

“”You can post buzz about a great meal you had and contribution photos of the new restaurant,” Google said in a blog post. “To save time, your posts will upload in the background, letting you get backrest to your scrumptious dessert without wait.”

It’s means too early to count the service out because I’m sure it’s departure to be integrated deeply into future versions of Android. Facebook recently surpassed Google in traffic for a week, which could indicate that there’s departure to be a material switch in how consumers use the Net. It’s not going to happen overnight, but the social vane is increasingly gaining relevancy and could be a terror to Mountain View’s finest. The search giant has also said the background will be “irrelevant” in as little as threesome years thanks to the proliferation of smartphones, which also points to the grandness of its mobile social meshwork.

Download it now from the Android Market, and the widget is currently only available in English for Android phones run 1.6 or later.

[Via Google Mobile blog]