Thursday, December 19, 2013

Facebook Home for Android gets a redesign, but will anyone notice?


Facebook Home, the social network's lock screen replacement for Android, was just redesigned to make it look a bit more familiar. What was once a chromeless "Cover Feed" of Facebook statuses and photos now looks like a conventional lock screen, bearing a clock, the date, and the weather. In order to unlock your phone, you no longer need to tap on your circular avatar and swipe to the side — now, you just need to swipe up at any time. The company is ostensibly adding the features users have asked for, like the ability to change your lock screen wallpaper, but in the process it has stripped Home of the distinctiveness it once had.


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Source: The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/19/5228398/facebook-home-for-android-gets-a-redesign-but-will-anyone-notice

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