Google Launches Graphics-Heavy News Reader for Android and iOS

  • Google plans to challenge Flipboard with its free news reader, available for tablets and phones from the Android Market or iTunes App Store.
  • Formerly codenamed Propeller, the newly named Currents app provides a “more magazine like reading experience,” with, of course, Google+ integration.
  • “The free app offers you a swipeable, graphics-heavy way to read material from partners like AllThingsD, PBS, Huffington Post and Fast Company, as well as public Google+ feeds and RSS,” reports Engadget. “You can even import your Google Reader subscriptions — and it all gets cached for offline viewing.”
  • Google Currents is only available in the U.S. at this time.
  • The Engadget post includes a short video demo.

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