Google Buzz: Google Adds Facebook-Like Features to Gmail

Google Buzz brings Facebook-like sharing to Google Gmail! The company rolled out Google Buzz today, launching it in 1% of Gmail inboxes.

Google plans to roll out the service out to the majority of Gmail users within the week.  Buzz allows users to share photos, videos, web links, status updates and conversations with friends, just like on Facebook.

But Google Buzz only allows sharing with other Gmail users.  Unlike Facebook or Twitter, you don’t have to sign up new friends or ask permission to “follow” folks — your followers are pre-existing Gmail contacts.

Photo sharing is limited to links from Google’s Picasa or Yahoo’s Flickr.  Video links are limited to Google’s YouTube, where videos can be played from within the e-mail.