New + Collections feature adds nterest-style mosaics to your profile

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 4 May 2015

+ is adding a new feature called Collections to its social network, there’s a good chance it will look pretty familiar. 

Collections serve as a mashup of favorite photos, videos, posts around a specific topic that you select. 

It certainly draws some inspiration from nterest, in that your collections are focused around a topic available for others to follow. Your collections can be public, private, or shared with a select group of friends. 

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This sample cover page from shows how your Collections page can look, with a customizable name, cover photo, floating action button for sharing with followers.

announced the feature Monday, it’s making the usual staggered rollout to its social network. You’ll need an update to the + Android app to start using it on your phone or tablet. Once you grab it you’ll see Collections available from the drop-down menu, right below your Communities Circles.

Once you create one, says your profile will include a tab that links to your newly-created collections.

The story behind the story: This is the new feature to grace + since head Vic Gundotra left the company last year. New chief David Horowitz hinted that it may unbundle many of its features, like otos. It’s already begun that process with that, adding a dedicated otos section to Drive. expect more adjustments going forward now that is trying to repurpose its + features.