Google adds 18 new social features on Google+, and does NOT plan to create Gmail, Google Drive for Windows 8 and WP8 clients

By updating Gmail for iOS with support for multiple accounts , today Google launches new Google+ clients for Android (v3.3) and iOS (v4.0) , which will add 18 new social features that are designed to “make communication and interaction even easier and more interesting than earlier". For Android, noteworthy are profile editing capabilities, improved publishing tools, notifications, and working with communities. In terms of working with images, Google will offer backups of full-size images (up to 5GB free), unlimited standard backups via Instant Upload tool, support for animated GIFs. For events, you can send messages to invitees, see who opened invitations, and also quickly accept or decline invitations directly from the mail.

More details on new features are shown here .
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"No interest in Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8"

On this topic: Clay Bavor, Google Apps Product Director, said that Google will not develop Gmail or Google Drive clients for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 until users start using these operating systems .

"In 2012, we did a fundamental job, and really improved the performance of our core applications on mobile devices — for example, the ability to directly edit tables in both iOS and Android."

“We have no plans to create applications for Windows. We weigh very carefully what to spend on resources. We will go where the users are - and they are not in Windows Phone or Windows 8. "

“What can be called a lack of interest in these systems inhibits any work in this direction.”

“In 2013, we will continue to invest a lot in mobile platforms to create great mobile applications.”

Read the full interview here: Google rules out Gmail and Drive apps for Windows 8

Given the trends from the Future of Mobile Platforms: A fresh report from Business Insider (86 slides) , this Google decision seems logical: