FACEBOOK NEW FEATURE

“Watch video together” feature will let you co-watch videos with friends
FACEBOOK NEW FEATURE

Facebook is testing a new feature that is "watch video together" on messenger that would enable co-viewing of videos over group chat on different devices. This is an "internal test".

The feature was first spotted by Ananay Arora, the founder of deadline management app "Timebound" and an engineer named Jane Manchun Wong in messenger's code-base.

The code discovered describe that messenger allowing you to watch videos together now and chat about the same videos at the same time with chat thread members receiving a notification "everyone in this chat can control the video and see who's watching".

Watch the video together feature would introduce new revenue opportunities for the company.

On July 20, 2008, Facebook introduced "facebook beta", a significant redesign of its user interface on selected networks. The mini-feed and wall were consolidated, profiles were separated into tabbed sections, and an effort was made to create a cleaner look. After initially giving users a choice to switch, Facebook began migrating all users to the new version starting in September 2008. On December 11, 2008, it was announced that Facebook was testing a simpler signup process.

In the Android platform, it was reported that the Facebook app has been gathering android user's data for years.  The data included phone calls and text messages history that were stored to the Facebook database. Unlike Android, Apple limited the privilege of the apps who try to gather personal information from the iOS devices.

In May 2018, several android users in California filed a class action lawsuit against Facebook for invading their privacy by unauthorized access in storing personal contact data (especially call and text message history) without users' consent.

In  April 2011, Facebook launched a new portal for marketers and creative agencies to help them develop brand promotions on Facebook the company began its push by inviting a select group of British advertising leaders to meet face book's top executives at an "influencers' summit" in February 2010. Facebook has now been involved in campaigns for true blood American idol and top gear news and media outlets such as the Washington post,  financial times and ABC news have used aggregated Facebook fan data to create various infographics and charts to accompany their articles.

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