After Angry Birds, Instagram and Asphalt7 another app that was exclusive to Apple’s iOS devices has got expanded to Google’s Android platform and others. Yes, the talk is about Flipboard, which offers a free app that reformats Web content into magazine-like pages.
The company has announced on their blog post that its software would be available for the Kindle Fire, Android tablet, the Nook tablets from Barnes & Noble and Android phones.
The application can be downloaded from Google's Play store, Amazon's app store for the Kindle and the Barnes & Noble Nook App Store. Originally launched in 2010 for the Apple iPad and then released last year for the Apple iPhone, the app for Android now has come with new widget that updates new stories and updates.
Here is what the Flipboard mentioned in their blog post:
We’re also expanding Flipboard’s utility today by adding two new major services: Google+ and YouTube. Now you can connect your Google+ account to Flipboard and see all the activity in your Circles in a beautiful magazine format. You can “+1” (Google’s version of “like”) any post from within Flipboard, or tap the status update to share, comment and reply.
The YouTube experience is similarly transformed, as video browsing becomes more like reading a magazine. Flip through your subscriptions, uploads and favorites, or enjoy popular feeds like Most Viewed, Trending Videos and Top Favorites. (We’ll have tips and tricks on using Google+ and YouTube on Flipboard in this blog in the coming days.)
Finally, Flipboard is now available in five new editions—Germany, Italy, Korea, Netherlands and Spain—with a fully translated interface and tons of reading recommendations curated by local editors. Anyone can explore great content from around the world by tapping on the red ribbon, tapping “This Week” and selecting your Content Guide Edition.
This expansion mode might create tension between the start-up and Apple, which handpicked Flipboard as one of its favorite apps of 2010. But Flipboard said it was necessary to expand the app’s audience.
“They would love for us to be iOS exclusive from now until the end of time,” said Evan Doll, a co-founder of Flipboard who previously worked at Apple as an iPhone engineer. “But we’re trying to reach as big an audience as we can.”
Flipboarfd CEO Mike McCue reportedly said that Android demand for the app was "astonishing".
