Google has just announced that it’s releasing an official Google Reader app for Android. The app will support all the features you’d expect in a Google Reader app – unread counts, sharing, starring, and liking. But it has many more features that, no big surprise, may make it a better version than what’s available on the iPhone.
The Android version will support multiple accounts, preferences for your syncing, as well as the ability to subscribe and search for new feeds via your phone.
It also includes some less obvious features, including the ability to navigate through feeds via your volume key – something that addresses one of the major complaints with other mobile versions of Google Reader, the “fat finger” syndrome.
If you hit the menu key while on an individual item, you’ll be able to use the “send” feature which will integrate with other apps on your phone so you can share the feed to your other apps or services, including Facebook and Twitter. And if you hold down a folder or a particular subscription, you’ll have the option to rename folders or unsubscribe from feeds, something that makes the app much more usable.
Google says this version will be available today, but at the time of publishing we can’t find it in the Android Market.
