Following its first announcement last year as part of Chrome OS along with intergration with Gmail and Google Docs, Google has launched the first app for its Google Cloud Print service for iOS and Android.
Unlike Apple’s competing AirPrint protocol, which requires the printer and computer to be on the same network as well as a compatible printer, Google Cloud Print allows documents to be printed on any printer over any network.
The service itself will be rolled out this week as a beta supporting Google Docs and GMail as well as select filetypes. Initial printer configuration requires Windows for the time being with Mac OS X and Linux printer configuration support being rolled out soon.
