Facebook now shows related videos on iPhone and iPad
The social network with the most users worldwide continues to experiment with new features and tools to get attract more people The latest discovery is a new experiment related to videos that users post on their respective walls And it is that Facebook You want users to get hooked on watching all of this content, one after the other. An entire initiative to encourage the use and publication of personal videos on this social network.
Apparently, as the specialized media has discovered TechCrunch, at the moment it is only a experiment A question that only users of iPhone and iPad have been able to check through the official application of Facebook It is, specifically, offering a whole selection of videos related when viewing one of the videos published by a friend of this social network That is, something like what It happens with YouTube, which shows other videos that may be interesting for the user, and which invite them to continue consuming content from this network social A good strategy than on Facebook would allow us to discover more about a user and stay longer on the social network
This new feature that you are experimenting with Facebook is useful for curious users, but you can also introduce a Interesting monetary aspect Thus, the user who decides to play a video of a contact will be able to enjoy it in full screen as usual, as has been done to date. The key is that, once the video ends, a whole carousel of suggestions is presentedat the bottom of the screen. That is, a selection of videos related in some way to the content that has just been viewed. Thus, all that remains is to click on any of these new videos to start watching it and find other related ones after completion.
This feature currently only appears in the Facebook app for iOSIn addition, it is specific for videos uploaded by the user directly to the social network That is, only those that are published on Facebook, and not on YouTube even if they are later shared through this social network. In this way it is also possible to see them directly on the wall, reproducing automatically, but showing their sound and all the details on full screen when clicking on them. All this with the final cherry on top of the related videos
A feature that could be very interesting when introducing ads or promoting content to generate money from it. Although to do so, it must ensure that a large group of its users generate and share more content Something that is related to a greater consumption of videos and more time enjoying them Characteristics that could well be associated with the simple function of offering new related videos to users.For now we will have to wait for an official presentation of this function in society.
