Google has released Google+ Sign-In, an app authentication platform that allows users to login to third party web sites and applications using Google account credentials. Google+ Sign-In is similar to Facebook Connect and Twitter Login. According to Google the new sign-in platform provides a secure login system with spam free social stream for users.
The Google+ sing-in announced today allows developers to integrate Google+ login to their apps and websites so that users can login to them with Google account credentials. Google is announcing a few partners who have already included Google+ sing-in to their apps including, Banjo, Beautylish, Fancy, Fitbit, Flixster, Shazam and others.
If you use Gmail you can use that Google account to login to any supporting site using Google+ authentication system. For example Flixster added this authentication, if you visit Flixster it will ask you login with either Facebook or Google+.
Select Google+, and on the next screen you can edit what information you are sharing with Flixster, you can hide list of people you are connected to on Google+. Also you can decide to share your activity with your social circles or not.
You can always go and check your app authentications at plus.google.com/apps url. If you see any suspicious activity you can remove them, or an app you are no longer using can be removed from the authenticated list.
Google+ Sign-In is a part of Google Play services, which allows developers to integrate Google products into their Android apps. Today Google Play services 3.0 is released along with Google+ sign-in and Google Maps Android API improvements.
In this initial release Google is focused on these points:
- Simplicity and Security: Google+ sign-in comes with the Google 2 step verification, the one used for Gmail login. If you have a Google account you can login with that to any app supporting the authentication and yu can decide what information you share.
- Desktop and Mobile: Users checking into sites with this sign-in now have the option to install the corresponding Android app on their connected devices instantly.
- No Social Spam: You decide what app activity you share with others. Google+ don’t let apps inject pointless notofications into users stream (read Facebook Friends stream).
- Sharing and Interactive posts: Sharing is not just for viewing Google thinks, it allows your friends interact with the post content like buying music, or reviewing app like that.
Google+ Sign-In is going to compete with established login platforms, Facebook Connect and Twitter Login, as advertised if we control what to share and what not then its great.
Via Google Blog, Android Developers
