YouTube updated to v2.3.4 with Watch later queue and +1 button

Google is running wild this morning and this is a friendly reminder to check YouTube on the Android Market as it was just updated to version 2.3.4 and along with it came a few neat little changes. Nothing extremely huge here but the more the better right. Google has added the +1 button for their ever growing Google+ social network as well as a few other changes.

Looking over the “What’s New” area you’ll see the +1 addition, the Watch Later queue and apparently you can now edit info and upload the video at the same time. Maybe I’m just thinking of the desktop version but I don’t think the edit info while uploading is new but I could be wrong. I’m actually not seeing the +1 button myself on the new YouTube but according to the screenshots from the Android Market it’s there. We’ll see.

While I was hoping for some sort of design or UI change, an update with a few new awesome features is always plenty welcome. I’m excited about the watch later queue myself because I’m always trying to remember what I have or haven’t watched. In case you didn’t notice in my screenshots you should check out sxephil because his show is simply awesome. Head to the market and download the new YouTube, available right now.
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Google TV 2.0 update coming to Sony next week, Logitech Revue later

Logitech appears more than ready for Google TV’s Honeycomb update, but according to a new blog postfrom the Google TV team, Sony’s TVs and set-top boxes will be getting it first starting next week. The Logitech Revue will follow “soon thereafter”. The updated post outlines some of the new Google TV features, includingAndroid Market support and an improved user interface.

In an interesting bit of humility, the post admits that the original Google TV software “wasn’t perfect,” and focuses on the simpler homescreen with customizable video and app shortcuts. Search functions have also been refined, allowing for a broad search across live TV, Netflix, YouTube, HBO GO and other video services. It will also recommend content similar to what you’ve already watched, a la Netflix’s recommendation engine. A new customized YouTube app will compliment the upcoming Google TV apps that will spring up on the Android Market.

The 3.1 Honeycomb update has been a long time coming, but Google TV users’ wait is almost over. Logitech appears ready to send their Revue set-top boxes to retail stores with the software pre-loaded, and developers are already working on Google TV apps via the expanded Android SDK. Google also mentioned that some much-needed new partner and device announcements would be coming in the next few months.

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