Facebook Home made its debut last year and was launched as a custom launcher that basically wallpapered Android with Facebook status updates, photos and more. Over time it was updated to include other social networks, like Instagram and Tumblr, but it never really garnered much attention among Android users. One unique feature that was appreciated, Chat Heads, has since been moved over...
Facebook Home, the custom Android skin/launcher/lockscreen hybrid just received an update to version 1.1. It adds a few new features, though as The Verge notes, are there really any users who are around to notice these updates? Surely someone is still using it, so we'll go through what's new. Facebook Home version 1.1 adds a shortcut to the Cover Feed right on the phone launcher, so...
Mark Zuckerberg doesn't want Facebook to be among a group of apps on your device; he wants it to be the only one. Instead of a traditional lock/home screen, Zuckerberg has created an experience that rewires how you and I use a phone. This isn't about apps, or even about basic calling functionality. Home is about the people you care about most, all the time, everywhere. If you're not a...
Facebook Home hasn't been a huge success for the social network, and the HTC First, the first and only smartphone to run the company's UI out of the box, proved to be a flop. But Facebook isn't giving up that easily. The company rolled out an update for its Android-based software today, adding content from a handful of other services to the Facebook Home's photo-heavy lock screen...
Facebook Home is an experience built entirely around consuming the social network. It's the first thing you see when you wake your phone—designed to put people first, not apps. For the most part, it did what Facebook promised, and was something worth trying. But it's only relevant if you're a die-hard Facebook user; anyone else will just get annoyed by the social network's constant...
Facebook for Android was recently updated with a feature that adds a bit of Facebook Home-like functionality, but without the complete takeover. The latest update lets you set your News Feed as the lock screen on your phone, so you can see recent updates at a glance. It's only supported on a few handsets right now, including the Galaxy S4, Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II, Nexus 4, One X,...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, fresh out of the firm's annual shareholder's meeting, met with two Samsung Electronics executives during a trip to South Korea this week. Attendees at the meeting included vice chairman Lee Jae-yong and mobile unit chief Shin Jong-kyun, and Zuckerberg reportedly asked whether Samsung was interested in manufacturing a "Facebook-friendly" smartphone. However...
At an shareholder's meeting today, Mark Zuckerberg discussed his plans for improving Facebook Home (review), including expanding the Android skin to more devices and adding an on/off button. Facebook's co-founder used the opportunity to admit that the first version of Facebook Home was imperfect, claiming that the best is yet to come: "We haven't really made our big push yet …...
Facebook announced today that it has updated its Android-based Facebook Home software to include a dock to let users easily access their favorite apps. The new feature is part of an overall effort to improve the Facebook Home OS in response to user feedback. Based on what the social network has revealed, users wanted more features and less Facebook on their Facebook phones. "Early...
Facebook has a already tried its hand at regular TV commercials to promote its new Facebook Home Android skin but, according to a report from Valleywag, the world’s biggest social network is looking to pay for some Facebook Home product placement on VH1’s “Best Week Ever” sketch comedy show. Valleywag has posted a series of internal documents detailing Facebook’s efforts to inject the...