It seems like forever, but it took Google a couple of months to finally add search to the Google+ app for Android. The announcement appears, appropriately enough, in Punit Soni’s (Lead Product Manager, Google+ Games and Mobile) Google+ stream:

AND a new version of the Android app 🙂 We made good on our promise eh?

The new features and enhancements are:

• Search
• +1 photos
• +1 comments
• High resolution photo upload support
• See if someone’s online and currently typing in Messenger conversations
• Start Messenger conversations by just entering a phone number
• Links to posts or profiles can now open inside of the app
• Instant Upload supports videos again
• Several stability improvements and bug fixes