to dump + in favor of plain old otos on August 1

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Published 20 Jul 2015

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is officially saying goodbye to + otos. The move-in date for otos is August 1, the company is encouraging its Android, iOS, web users to make the move before then.

If you’re still using + otos, you’ve likely already been prompted to download the new Android app from the ay Store. You don’t really have to move any of your photos over, because all your photos videos are already available on the rebred otos. The new app lets you backup, edit, share photos videos. otos also offers neat features like unlimited storage automatic organization.

The story behind the story: knew this was coming. At I/O in May, the company announced it would eschew + otos break out all your save pictures into a separate otos app site. It’s a step in the right direction for , but it leaves the rest of us wondering what’s going to happen with its social network. One could argue that its photo editing features were one of the few reasons it’s still sting.

It isn’t time to sound off the death march just yet, but something’s gotta give. hasn’t done much with + since Senior Vice esident, Vic Gundotra, left last year. Though it’s become a useful tool for finding like-minded communities, it doesn’t appear that’s viable enough to keep the social network sting on its own.