Find and join Communities

You can connect with people who share your interests by joining a public or private Community in Currents. Stay up to date on what’s happening in your Communities by seeing Community posts in your stream and getting notifications.

If you use a Google Account through work or school, your administrator may turn off your ability to use Currents. If Currents is turned off for you, you will be removed from Communities that you’re a member of.

 

How public and private Communities work

When you join a Community in Currents, you can see posts from that Community in your home stream and share posts to that Community. You can join public or private Communities.

How public Communities work

• You can see posts on public Community pages even if you aren't a member of the Community.
• If you join a public Community, anyone can see posts you make and a list of members in that Community.
• Only members of the Community can pos or comment on a Community post.
• Non-members can like a Community post or comment.
• Important: If a public Community is deleted, you can still see your posts in that community on your profile.

How private Communities work

• If you join a private Community, only members can see your posts in that Community.
• Members and people who have been invited to join a private Community, including people with access to an active invite link, can see who is currently in the Community.
• Important: If a private Community is deleted or your membership is revoked, you may no longer be able to access content in that Community, including what you posted. You can still delete community content you added using  Activity Log.

Join a Community

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Currents app .
2. Search on a topic of interest to you.
3. To view a Community before you join, tap the Community.
4. Once you find a Community you want to join, tap Join. If you need permission to join a Community, it will say Ask to join instead.

Note: If you see the member count as “9999,” update your Currents app to the latest version.

Choose how much to see from a Community

You can choose how much content from a Community shows up in your home stream.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Currents app .
2. At the bottom, tap Communities.
3. Tap on the Community you want to see more or less from.
4. In the top right, tap More .
5. Tap Preferences.
6. Under “Posts in your home stream,” tap Amount.
7. Choose the amount you want to see from that community.

Get updates when there are new posts

1. Open the Currents app .
2. At the bottom, tap Profile  .
3. Tap the Community you want to change notifications settings for.
4. Tap Notifications . When there’s no line through it, you’ll get notifications when something is posted to the Community.

Choose the order of posts you see from a Community

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Currents app .
2. At the bottom, tap Communities.
3. Tap on the Community that you want to choose the order of posts you see.
4. In the top right, tap More .
5. Tap Preferences.
6. Tap Order of posts in this Community.
7. Choose between "Top posts" and "Most recent."

Leave a Community

When you leave a Community:

• You won't see regular updates from that Community in your home stream.
• You won't be able to share posts to that Community.
• You may not be able to see the Community's page.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Currents app .
2. At the bottom, tap Communities.
3. Tap the Community you want to leave.
4. In the top right, tap More .
5. Tap Leave community.
6. Tap Leave.

Note: You won't be able to leave a community if you belong to a group that is a member of that community. To leave the community, you also need to leave the group. 

See someone else’s Communities

You can see another person's Communities on their profile if they’ve chosen to share their Communities there.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Currents app .
2. Open the person’s profile.
3. Next to "Communities and Collections" tap View all.

What happens to posts in deleted communities

• If a public community outside of your organization is deleted, those posts are available to anyone who has a Google Account through work or school.
• If a private community outside of your organization is deleted, those posts are available to the user in their activity log.
• Your posts made outside of your organization will remain and be visible to anyone with a Google Account through work or school.