Facebook ‘Home’ – a home screen launcher of social Android apps (How To Videos)
Facebook ‘Home’ – a home screen launcher of social Android apps (How To Videos)
Facebook recently announced Home, a buttery sweet looking home screen replacement app coming to Android devices and pre-loaded onto their new phone, the HTC First starting April 12th (tablet version of the app coming soon). Below are How-To videos plus descriptions on each major feature. Enjoy!
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Cover feed: A constant, fresh stream of photos and updates from your newsfeed, cover feed is always present when you wake up your phone. It lets you stay up-to-date on your friends’ latest activities in real-time, all the time. You can swipe through to see more photos and updates, double tap to “like” a post and comment right from cover feed.
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Notifications: Notifications from apps and friends appear right on your home screen. It’s easier to see when you have a missed call, calendar reminder or new message. Open a notification with a double tap or clear them away to see your Cover Feed.
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Chat Heads: The mobile messenger lets you jump in and out of conversations while you do other things, like watch a video and browse the web. Reply right from chat heads, or move them around if you’re not ready to respond. Plus you can send and receive texts and Facebook messages from the same spot. To learn more about chat heads, check out this video.
App Launcher: See your favorite apps and post right to Facebook from the same spot. You choose what’s on your app launcher—press and hold an app then drag it anywhere.
Instagram: HTC First is the only phone that comes with Instagram pre-loaded.
We’ll have hands-on soon… will this make you use Facebook more?
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