Draw Something Adds Comments, Social Sharing & An Undo Button [Updates]

Is Draw Something getting kind of boring? Cheer up, a new update is available! The immensely popular game has just received an update on both iOS and Android, which brings to the game some new, much-needed features such as social sharing, comments and an undo button.

If you’ve managed to miss it, Draw Something is a smash hit game which resembles Pictionary, in which opponents have to create drawings of words for the other player to guess. The game has become very popular in both the iTunes App Store and Google Play, which brought on the recent acquisition of its developer, OMGPOP, by Zynga.

So what’s new in Draw Something? To start, you can now add comments to your drawings after finishing them and before sending them. You can also add comments to your opponents drawings after guessing. If you were in the habit of taking a screenshot of your masterpiece to share on Facebook on Twitter, that option is now also built in, as well as the option to save your drawing to your photo library.

Another very useful addition is the undo button, which lets you get rid of the last line you drew without the hassle of having to erase it. This only works once, though, so if you need to delete more than one line, you still have to use the eraser. If you want to refresh your game list, you can now pull down the menu, and swiping your finger on a single game will give you an option to delete it.

What do you think of the update? Are you already addicted to Draw Something?

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