Google launches Google+ polls, putting its Polar acquisition to use

Today Google announced a new feature for its second-fiddle social network: polls.

The introduction of this feature comes with little surprise, as it closely follows Google's September purchase of Polar, a popular polling service created by well-known interface designer Luke Wroblewski. At the time, Google+ engineering vice president Dave Besbris announced that Polar would be shut down by 2015 and that the Polar team will be assigned to make Google+ 'as beautiful and simple to use as possible, especially on mobile devices.'

Here's a look at the new feature. As you'll see below, Google has already recruited brands like L'Oréal to give the polling service a try:

Gallery: Google+ Polls

Later, Google shared that Polls 'will become available over the next few days on Android and the web, and are coming soon to iOS.' Polls are already live for some users; you can give the service a try here.

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