Google has finally stopped forcing users to sign up on Google+ when creating an account.
After so many years Google has decided to stop from forcing users to sign up on Google+.
According to a Google spokesperson they refreshed the options on creating a Gmail account last month; and "users can now create a public profile during signup, or later, if and when they share public content for the first time (like a restaurant review, YouTube video or Google+ post)."
Quartz confirmed this news by creating a new account.
Now, when creating an account on Gmail it now gives the option to not link their accounts to Google+.
"Some will see this change as more evidence that Google is de- emphasizing (or even preparing to kill) its three-year-old social network. That was popular speculation in April after Vic Gundotra, Google's godfather of Google+, stepped down in April. More heads were nodding when Google removed the display of Google+ authorship information from search results last month," Martin Beck writes. "But more likely, in my opinion, is that Google will continue making subtle changes to the service, making improvements to popular Google+ products like Hangouts and Hangouts on Air or even spinning off its excellent photo product so people without Google+ accounts can use it."
Users can now ignore Google+ though users that have already Google+ accounts are autmomatically when using Google services. There are some downsides of not signing up on Google+, a user without a Google+ account leave app reviews, upload videos to YouTube and rate apps.
There is no definite statement yet from Google of its plans to its social media as it cannot compete against the well known social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. There are also rumors that it will soon delink Google+ photos from the app itself.
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