Facebook's iOS app will soon be able to show and share Live Photos

Facebook's iOS app is expected to let users share and experience Live Photos shot on iPhone 6S. This is one of the landmark features of the new 12 megapixel camera in the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus which gives users an option to shoot brief moving pictures that capture moments before and after the picture for an animated Live Photo. Tumblr currently allows Live Photos to be shared on its service as well.

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Facebook tests new feature on iOS to help you find events in your area

Facebook knows everything about you so it might as well make use of that. A new feature being tested out on iOS shows you a revamped Events page on the app. It’ll let you browse events in your area that you might be interested in. Or you can also search by date to see if there’s anything happening in the coming weekend.

Source: Lifehacker

Facebook Messenger gets festive with new features

Facebook is getting into the spirit of the holidays with new features for its Messenger app. One feature is Photo Magic. What this does is it makes it easier for you to share holiday snaps with friends and loved ones. When you take photos, Facebook’s face recognition will look for your friends on Messenger and then prompt you to send these photos to your friends. You can also opt out of this. The feature was limited before but is now more available for users. You can check if you have it by going to Messenger settings (the cogwheel) and then tapping on Photos & Media. The Photo Magic option should be there.

Another new feature is some Christmas-themed options in Messenger. Just tap on the info button of one of your conversation and from there you can change color of your chat window, or even your emojis to something more season-appropriate. If you select the likes of Christmas tree or snowman, you can even make it snow on your mobile screen phone. Or you can download Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Frozen sticker packs for some snowy surprises. And those on Android should see the snow globe effect on friends’ chat heads again for a limited time.

Source: Facebook Newsroom

Facebook brings Instant Articles to Android

For Android users griping about how iOS users get the good stuff, Facebook has finally brought its Instant Articles feature to Google’s mobile operating system.  Instant Articles is designed to make it easier for Facebook users to access new stories within the Facebook app. Instead of redirecting you to their news sites—the likes of CNN, NBC, and CBS—you can now read straight from Facebook. Facebook believes this will make articles easier to share and thus have more views for the publishers. There are currently over 350 publishers listed in Instant Articles. From Canada there's Chatelaine, Diply, The Huffington Post Canada, Journal de Montreal, Maclean’s, Sportsnet, The Canadian Press, and TVA Nouvelles. And more are being added to it.

Source: Facebook | Via: Droid Life