Google Currents: Magazine-Like News Reader for iPhone and iPad [video]

Google Currents is a new mobile app that lets you enjoy free online magazines and other content optimized for your iPhone, iPad or Android phones and tablets. Google Currents delivers beautiful magazine-like editions to your tablet and smartphone for high speed offline reading.

Editions are all free and include:

  • Publisher editions – Publishers such as Forbes, TechCrunch, Saveur, Popular Science, Good, 500px, Fast Company and more have produced hundreds of editions including in-depth articles, videos, fine photography, slideshows, live-maps, and social streams.
  • Google trending editions – Google Currents uses Google search technology to hourly build a set of editions tracking the five most recent trending stories in categories such as world, entertainment, sports, science, and more. Each story is presented through a fresh edition of articles, videos, and pictures,
  • Your favorite blogs and feeds – Instantly, turn your Google Reader subscriptions, or any of your favorite blogs/feeds into a beautiful edition with a magazine feel.

Each edition is available for high speed offline reading, and provides quick-touch sharing. Google Currents self-adapts to differently sized phones and tablets, with your subscriptions synchronized across devices. Google Currents – a reading experience not to be missed.

Google Currents is available as an universal app ( iPhone and iPad ) in the app store