Collections is a new feature to group user’s posts by topic on Google’s social platform, Google +. “Our happiest Google+ users are those who connect with others around shared interests and passions. So we set out to give people a place to express the things they love.” Google announced. Collections is available on Android (must update Google Plus on devices) and the web. iOS is coming later.
Every collection is a focused set of posts on a particular topic, providing an easy way for users to organize all the things into specific topics. Each collection can be shared publicly, privately, or with a custom set of people. Once the first collection is created, a new tab will be displayed on the user’s profile where other people can find and follow the collections.
When adding posts in collections to follow, this information will appear in your Home stream, with a link to easily jump right into the collection to get to similar content from that author. Collections give users a great way to find more content on items they are interested in from the people preselected to follow.
The new feature is similar to Pinterest where content is accumulated and added to particular areas, similar to pin boards. Here are some examples of Featured Collections by Google +: g.co/collections
