14 DAY TRIAL // Today, Imgur, the popular photo sharing platform, officially announced the availability of a mobile client for devices running under Google’s Android operating system, after making it available in a beta flavor several months ago.
The application is meant to provide users with the complete Imgur experience, while delivering a clean user interface, with access to the full set of features that users would expect from it.
The app will enable users to view, upload, share, comment, and engage with Imgur's entertaining images while on the go.
“People continue to migrate from traditional entertainment media like TV, and shift attention from social networks like Facebook to outlets that let them consume and share content in new ways, without tying everything they do back to a profile that features and promotes it forever,” Imgur notes.
“This trend lines up nicely for the natural evolution of the Imgur experience, which has been moving toward image sharing as a form of entertainment, more like a YouTube for images.”
This is why Imgur is focused on providing users with the possibility to easily discover and consume cool content. The Android application was developed with the same focus in mind, it seems.
It will make it easy for users to find the latest, most interesting images that go viral, while also providing them with the possibility to share them with their friends fast.
The application will also allow users to easily engage with other people on Imgur, while also promising new features and enhancements in the coming months, so as to facilitate content creation and to deliver more customizations.
“We're really excited to bring Imgurians a mobile tool that makes their Imgur experience better,” said Alan Schaaf, founder and CEO, Imgur.
“We've seen mobile usage double annually, up from about 7% in January 2011 to 30% at the beginning of this year. The decision to build and release our own app was due to a substantial increase in mobile browser usage over time. We're trying to develop a closer, more intimate relationship with our users and we think people's phones are the best way to reach out and do that.”
The Imgur application for Android can be found on Softpedia as well, via this link.