* Find local social events, and make plans to meet up with friends * Get notifications when friends like and comment on your posts * Share photos, videos, and your favorite memories. * Set status updates & use Facebook emoji to help relay what's going on in your world * Connect with friends and family and meet new people on your social media network Share updates and photos, engage with friends and Pages, and stay connected to communities important to you. Keeping up with friends is faster and easier than ever. The app fits in phone-only features such as Live but leaves out Messenger, Android's top messaging app. Bottom Lineįacebook for Android lets you follow news from your social network via an easy-to-navigate app.

Separate messaging: To chat with Facebook friends, you need to download Messenger, which on Android is a separate app from Facebook.Ĭatch-all drawer: Favorites, groups, and connected apps are gathered together in a navigation drawer on the right. Notifications: Quickly view birthdays, events, recent photos and posts, and friend requests. Tap an item to see a description, see the general location of the seller, send a message, and make an offer. Browse through items or search by category. Marketplace: Check out stuff for sale in your area. Privacy settings: You can review and adjust privacy and account settings in the app, but the settings are stowed five taps away from the main tab. Then, following the broadcast, the recorded stream will appear in your feed.

During the live stream, see viewer comments and respond. Nicely designed: In many ways, the mobile app does a nicer job of presenting all the information Facebook has to offer, with feeds, videos, news, and events neatly displayed on separate tabs.įacebook Live: Live is specific to the mobile app and lets you share a live video stream with your followers and groups or share from events. Follow posts, like comments, share updates - just like you would with the desktop version. ProsĬonnect with friends: After you sign in, the app pulls in all your Facebook information, turning your phone into a miniature Facebook feed. Facebook for Android presents a mobile version of the popular social network with a few phone-only features.

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