The New York Times Becomes the First Third-party App for Google Glass

by geekzhang on 2013-05-03 14:05:48

According to the technology news website TechCrunch, reports on April 26 Beijing time showed that The New York Times announced the launch of a Google Glass application, which allows users of Google Glass to read the latest headlines anytime and anywhere.With this, The New York Times has become the first third-party Google Glass app that can be installed (Path was the first third-party app, but it had already been pre-installed in earlier versions of Google Glass).The New York Times' enthusiastic embrace of Google Glass is not surprising, as Timothy Jordan, the developer advocate for Google Glass, showcased an early version of The New York Times app at the SXSW conference in Texas back in March.The Google Glass version of The New York Times app can push news and headlines to the display of the glasses at fixed time intervals. Users can simply tilt their heads quickly to browse through and switch between news images and full texts.Setting up the app is also very simple - just link the app to your Google account on The New York Times official website.By linking the New York Times app with your Google account, you can use it on Google Glass.Once installed successfully, Google Glass will occasionally read out the news headlines near your ear. This app can also read brief introductions of the news. In general, the app is simple and easy to use, sufficient to help users get enough news every day. Other companies have also promised to release apps compatible with Google Glass, such as Evernote and Twitter.