You would have thought after being informed that Facebook launches Facebook Home, what it actually means? Do you know what it actually means. Come let's have a look.
Facebook Home is software for your phone designed to put your friends above everything else. You can download Facebook Home for free or purchase it pre-installed on a phone. Facebook Home works together with the Facebook for Android and Facebook Messenger apps to enable its main features:
- Cover feed: Glance at your phone for photos and posts from your Facebook News Feed.
- Chat heads: Send and receive texts and Facebook messages in one place. Open, close and drag chat heads around your screen to keep chatting while you’re using other apps.
- Notifications: See news as it happens with bigger, bolder notifications on your home screen.
- App launcher: Get right to your favorite apps and post to Facebook from the same place.
(i) What is cover feed?
Photos and posts that would normally show in your News Feed will show on your cover feed on Facebook Home. You can swipe back and forth through them to view them at your own pace.Double tap a photo or status you see to like it. Once you’ve liked it, you’ll see a thumbs-up appear. If there is a status with a photo in the background, you'll only be able to like the status from cover feed.(ii) What are chat heads?
Chat heads let you quickly read and reply to messages while you're using other apps. Just tap your friend's picture to reply. You can use your finger to move chat heads around your screen and drag them to the bottom of the screen to close them when you're done chatting.If you're using Facebook Home and have the Messenger app running, you'll also get your text message notifications through chat heads.If you don't want to see chat heads when a new message arrives:- Tap your phone's menu button
- Tap Home Settings > Messenger Settings > Notifications
- Uncheck Chat Heads
