Facebook Updates Android App with More Privacy Controls

If you likeable the Recent changes Facebook made to improve privacy, then you'll want to upgrade immediately to the latest version of the social web's app for Humanoid smartphones.

The app boasts an improved sharing joyride that lets users add privacy controls on posts, matching features available on Facebook's website. Twin the controls gives users the opportunity to create a consistent go through when moving betwixt the mobile and online versions of Facebook.

Also succeeding with Facebook's online changes, the app permits users to restrict World Health Organization can look a posting. Not only can that help a person avoid embarrassing situations, only it also allows users to tailor their postings so they're viewed by people WHO will find them relevant.

The new version of the app also lets you mark down friends and places in posts, as well Eastern Samoa in photos, and sports a redesign of the profile pageboy and of Group Walls.

To boot, photo browsing has been improved. You can now browse through images by swiping them. And the Messages and Notifications features have been ready-made better, too.

The new release of the Facebook Android app came on the heels of substantive changes made to how the social networking jumbo's members can manage lists of friends. Those changes include the automatic creation of "smart lists" for certain categories of friends — work, school, family and city. Custom lists can be created, too, much as close friends or acquaintances. The changes look same siamese to how Google+, Google's social meshing, allows its members to handle groups of contacts. Facebook members should start seeing the number changes this calendar week, and the changes should be devising it to the mobile app "over the next few weeks," according to Blake Ross, Facebook's director of product.

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Although to a greater extent than 1.5 million users of the Facebook app have given it an average rating of 3.6 stars out of five, the upgrade's initial reviews hold been mixed. "TimBob," who gave the app foursome stars, wrote at the Android Marketplace: "A lot of the issues with the last update have been fixed. Complete app."

"Salvador," though was less complementary or so the app. He gave IT one star and groused: "This app sucks! It worked ok for a couple of days, but instantly won't lease me sign in." "Tommy," too, had disparaging remarks close to the software and rated it one stellar: "Refreshing update won't even open. Has been crap for past 2 months of updates."

Some problems with the app can make up improved up with a simple solution, according to "AJ," who gave the program a fivesome-star rating. "For people experiencing problems," he wrote, "just attend your settings> manage applications> Facebook>clear cache …do this after every update n u r good to go :)."

The app is now available in the Android Marketplace.

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