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Facebook reorganised its settings view so you can access them faster

If you visited this page in the past you know that it was a total mess and you had to spend quite some time in order to find a setting

Alexey Shabanov

5 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

Facebook added an Olympics tab showing all relevant updates in one place

If you will expand the navigation menu you may spot a new section that is called Olympics. In fact, it is an #Olympics tag page where you can find official

Alexey Shabanov

23 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

How to set tags for your Facebook group on Android

Facebook recently added a possibility for admins to assign a wider range of different tags to their groups. These tags are supposed to help your group to be discovered and

Alexey Shabanov

21 Jul 2021 · 1 min read

Facebook continues testing upvotes and downvotes to clarify the value behind group comments

This feature was spotted in testing a while ago on iOS [https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-once-again-experiments-with-up-and-down-votes-for-comments-to-opti/588340/] . This time it is being tested on Android devices in Brazil. Besides

Alexey Shabanov

28 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

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Facebook is pushing a new layout to start and join Rooms on Android

This is a minor UI update that changes the layout of Rooms swimlane on the main screen. Now it got a bit wider Room cards along with the info of

Alexey Shabanov

24 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

Now you can search across headlines on Facebook News

Facebook News section is still only available in a limited amount of countries like the UK or Germany. Now you can search for a certain topic in headlines and see

Alexey Shabanov

12 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

Facebook shows detailed participation charts on group user profiles

This feature is rolling out to more users but was available for some groups in the past as well. In public groups, Participation activity can be viewed for both types,

Alexey Shabanov

12 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

Facebook allows page admins to create a restaurant menu from the app and share printable QR code afterwards

Regardless of your Facebook page being a restaurant or not, you may get a new prompt offering you the possibility to create a menu tab for your page. There you

Alexey Shabanov

11 Jun 2021 · 2 min read

More group admins can now enable anonymous posting feature on Facebook

According to Matt Navarra [https://twitter.com/MattNavarra/status/1400068445744607235?s=09], this feature was only available in parenting and health-related groups. Now it seemed to be rolled out to

Alexey Shabanov

2 Jun 2021 · 1 min read

Facebook users in Germany are getting access to the News tab on Android

Facebook News appeared first in the UK earlier this year and now expanding to other countries. Now it seems to start a gradual rollout to Android users in Germany. This

Alexey Shabanov

30 May 2021 · 2 min read

Facebook prompts group admins to setup Admin Assist to remove spam posts automatically

This feature attempts to save time for group admins by automating the process of removing spam messages. Facebook offers 3 different actions that can be taken: decline, remove and turn

Alexey Shabanov

23 May 2021 · 1 min read

Facebook for Android updates its login screen to add cross-account logging support

You may get logged out from Facebook at some point to be asked to log in again. The splash screen should become visible in case if you have your Instagram

Alexey Shabanov

21 May 2021 · 1 min read

Facebook prompts to check stories statistics on its page insights section for Android

As a Facebook page admin, you may notice some prompts on the Facebook page insights view. The app will highlight stats for your Facebook and Instagram stories overs there. It

Alexey Shabanov

9 Apr 2021 · 2 min read

Facebook for Android got a new layout for group admins to see new joiners and filter existing members

Previously, if the group has an automatic approval for new members, it was quite hard to keep track of who is joining. After the introduction of a Public Group experience

Alexey Shabanov

7 Apr 2021 · 2 min read

Facebook for Android is adding a Recently Viewed section to Marketplace along with a slight redesign for its selling tab

Facebook keeps improving its Marketplace section by adding more [https://www.testingcatalog.com/facebook-marketplace-allows-you-to-set-a-vacation-mode-to-notify-your-followers/] and more features. This time it is testing its Recently Viewed section where you supposed to

Alexey Shabanov

6 Apr 2021 · 1 min read

Facebook launched a new design for group admin panel on Android

Along with the start of the Public Group experience beta testing [https://www.testingcatalog.com/facebook-starts-beta-testing-its-public-group-experience-with-selected-groups/] , group admins may notice a new design of the group admin panel on Android.

Alexey Shabanov

2 Apr 2021 · 1 min read

Facebook starts beta testing its Public Group experience with selected groups

A new Public Group experience project was presented on October 1st of 2020 [https://www.facebook.com/community/whats-new/new-public-groups-experience/] and required an OPT-IN from group admins who will be

Alexey Shabanov

1 Apr 2021 · 2 min read

Facebook marks fundraiser posts in groups as new where you can raise a fund for your personal projects

The fundraiser type of posts is not new for Facebook but it is marked as new for Facebook groups. Notably, you can select the "Raise money for a personal cause"

Alexey Shabanov

17 Mar 2021 · 2 min read