Facebook For Android Just Got A Big Upgrade, Is Catching Up To Its iPhone Cousin
Source: TechCrunch
The honeymoon period with my Droid has worn off, and I still love it. But it’s far from perfect. One of the biggest gripes I’ve had has been with app support. In particular, the native Facebook app — by far one of my most commonly used apps and one that actually came preinstalled on the phone — has sort of sucked until now. Yes, you could read your News Feed, but many of the app’s functions actually kicked you into a separate browser window and weren’t done in the native app. Today, that changes.
A new version of Facebook for Android is now live on Android Market, and it’s a big improvement. I’m still playing around with it to find the various changes, but the app’s description points out two big ones: you can browse your friend’s profiles and photo albums natively. Given how core both of those features are to the Facebook experience, it’s surprising that they weren’t there to begin with. Suffice to say, this is a big leap forward for the app, and users are already expressing their delight on Twitter and the Market’s integrated reviews.
Making these features native has a number of benefits. It’s now easier to share photos, and you can zoom and leave comments on them. And because you’re no longer browsing your friend’s profiles from the browser, everything is much faster.
That said, there are still a number of key features missing. For one, you can’t access your Inbox to send or receive messages. And there isn’t support for Events, either (that one took over year until it was finally included in the latest Facebook for iPhone update).
Source: TechCrunch
