What has been added to the Facebook Home for Android phones

Facebook CEO, Mark Zukerberg unveils new software application that can convert your Android phone into a social device with installed app called 'Home'. It is a good move by Facebook to grasp the huge market of Android phones. Facebook Home will come up with HTC first Smartphone as a partner handset for Facebook Home app.

Features of Facebook Home:

The idea behind Home is a phone that’s built around people instead of apps. Facebook has revealed that you can view all latest photos on the homescreen of your phone and to navigate photos, you can swipe left or right. When you like any of the photo, just double-tap on the screen only and like it, while viewing the details of the picture. If you want to comment, can comment from screen option only.

Home software has made possible to view all your notifications on the homescreen with faces of the person as a separate entries. To view notification in details, just tap on it. If you want to disregard all of them, hold one of the notification link. To disregard any notification, just swipe away the that news feed from your homescreen.

Facebook Home also added a cool and interesting feature for Facebook chat lovers that is 'Chatheads'. It will show up message from your friend through SMS and Facebook Messenger app of your phone. It will display message received option on Home on the top right corner with small circle showing the picture of that person who has sent you a message.

Now, what if you want to switch to other app of your phone like Google maps, just hold on you finger on the small circle icon showing your picture on the homescreen. It will pop-up messenger, latest apps, and apps of your phone without closing the homescreen of your Facebook account.

From April 12, Facebook Home will be available in Google Play and can be downloaded as free. If you are having Facebook Messenger or any Facebook installed app, it will show up the link to Google Play to download Facebook Home. This feature is not available for iOS devices. Facebook Home will be initially available on the HTC One X, HTC One X+, HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note II and the Samsung Galaxy S4 starting April 12 onward.

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