Facebook tests the user's profile in the Android notification bar

If Muhammad does not go to his Facebook ”¦ The company of the social network is testing new functions in its application for the platform Android Something that only some users are checking in their flesh when it comes to the process of test or experimentation This time it directly affects the notification bar of the terminals, carrying part of this network social to a much more common section of the device than the application itself.

Apparently this is an experiment that may or may not reach all users soon. A test that Facebook already carried out last year with as many users and that has now been developed in a more useful and colorful way It consists of taking the user profile of this social network directly to the notification bar A step that may seem somewhat abusive on the part of the social network, but which is especially useful for the most frequent users of this environment.

And if Mark Zuckerberg seems willing to attract the attention of users of smartphones and tablets Already tried it with the failed application that modified the entire environment and appearance of the terminal to put Facebook ahead of all applications The well-known and limited Facebook Home Now you want to remind the user that they always have their profile active, and that they can consult it directly from the notification bar.

It is, specifically, a bar that carries basic data of the user's profile to the drop-down of notifications of the terminal. Compared to last year's tests that offered a similar function, this time the bar appears and disappears according to there are notifications and alerts on the social network. In addition, it has the profile photo of said user and the usual buttons that refer to at friend requests, at received messages, at mentions and a information button This bar acts as a shortcut to all these notifications, just like regular notifications work.Although it has more information about the current state of the user's profile.

This new function has been activated automatically on a limited group of terminals And for the moment it is nothing more than a test that can well be implemented and arrive in new Facebook updates or not, depending on how it works and the acceptance of the users who have tried it. A space that may not bring anything really new to the user and that at least allows to be disabled from the i buttonif the user wants to get rid of it at any time.

We will have to wait to see if Facebook ends up including this new bar that may seem invasive. And it is that they seem somewhat desperate to attract the user's attention, taking the profile information to a place constantly visited by the user.Would you like to check your Facebook profile to see if there are any updates every time you pull down your notification bar? At the moment it is just a test