Google Isn’t Breaking Up With Social
 

Last week, Google announced important upcoming changes to the integration of Google+ across Google services and the function of the Google+ platform itself. A public Google+ profile will no longer be required to access other Google services, just a Google account. The changes start with YouTube and over the next few months, users will no longer need a Google+ account to create a YouTube channel, or upload or comment on videos. Some Google+ features, such as the ability to edit photos, will also be moved away from its existing platform and into current and new standalone products, such as Google Photos. The recently-introduced Google+ Collections, which creates categorized streams of posts by topic, will also allow users to create and follow specific topics of interests.