So, when did Google+ start loading URLs inside Google+ instead of opening the default browser?

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So, when did Google+ start loading URLs inside Google+ instead of opening the default browser?

I should note: this is happening on mobile ala LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest and all the others.

Update: https://plus.google.com/+LukeWroblewski/posts/fccyrE9Dxct

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Amy Rothstein said…
I wouldn't care except half of them are mostly blank pages with a google error.  In Chrome on Mac.
February 10, 2016 at 9:19 PM
Bodhipaksa said…
I think it's been doing that for a long time.
February 10, 2016 at 10:03 PM
Jason ON said…
Not for me. I just noticed it tonight and I share from mobile all the time.
February 10, 2016 at 10:56 PM
Roberto Bayardo said…
It's new with the latest release.
February 10, 2016 at 11:41 PM
Elias Mårtenson said…
I noticed an update to G+ last night. I suppose that's when it was implemented. I wonder if this has anything to do with AMP, which was released recently.
February 10, 2016 at 11:44 PM
Jason ON said…
Not sure what the purpose is or how I feel about it.
February 11, 2016 at 9:34 AM
Jason ON said…
From what little I understood of that link, it would appear so. But Google+ hasn't done so in ... well, ever. If they're doing it now, why?
February 11, 2016 at 3:47 PM
David Hall said…
I get the impression that Google app dev teams are often not too coordinated :-)

My understanding is that if you have Chrome as the default system browser an app can use Chrome Custom Tabs. Maybe uninstall Chrome and see if it instead prompts you for a browser? If so and you use Chrome by default anyway; well there's no real problem :-)
February 11, 2016 at 3:54 PM
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