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Facebook Home for Android Gets Minor Facelift

Jun 6, 2013, 2:11 PM by Eric M. Zeman
updated Jun 6, 2013, 2:13 PM

Facebook today pushed out an update to its Android application that contained some changes to the behavior of Facebook Home. According to the changelog, Facebook Home now lets users more easily customize the app launcher by dragging apps into the favorites tray. Facebook Home also gets some bug fixes. Facebook Home is an alternate launcher that's available fort Android devices. It replaces the traditional home screen with content pulled in from Facebook. Other than the changes to Facebook Home, Facebook for Android now lets users see more than one photo from a single post at a time, as well as change who can see your posts on the fly. Facebook for Android is free to download from the Google Play Store.

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arox413

Jun 6, 2013, 2:26 PM

I'm sorry but...

I find this thing to be the biggest waste of time. Just look at the HTC First was barely out before it was discontinued.

Riot_Act

makes big improvements in performance. Now the app crashes just 50% of the time you're using it.

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Facebook Home for Android Gets Minor Facelift

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