Hear that big sucking sound in Mountain View, California? That's the sound of G+'s gravitational pull slowly pulling all of Google's vast ecosystem into one central location: The social singularity.
As Page & Co continue their piecemeal process of weaving G+ into all-things-Google, the latest casualty appears to be the good ol' Android Gallery app.
Earlier this week, Mountain View introduced Google Play editions of the skinny minnie Sony Xperia Z Ultra and lackluster LG G Pad 8.3 tablets. While unsubsidized damn-near-stock Android GP editions mean very little to most consumers, these devices are de facto developer editions and provide hints of where Android may be headed. In this case, it is an apparently Gallery-less future.
As noted by Android Central, the newest GPe tablets, which boast the absolutely latest versions of Android, have ditched Gallery in favor of the G+ Photos app.
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