Facebook already exceeds one billion installations on Android
No one is caught by surprise since Facebook is the most widespread social network in the world And it is the most chosen option by the majority of people to share their social life, be aware of what is happening to them friends and family, or find out about news and curiosities that interest them. Something that more than billion people already do, and not just on the computer.And it is that Facebook has just achieved a new achievement in its history, being the first application that does not belong to Google exceeding billion installations on Android devices That is, downloads via Google Play
This is a milestone that, for the moment, has no equal. And it is the first application independent of Google that achieves it. Others like Gmail, Google Services, or Chrome already have more than billion installations to their credit, but it is a not so flashy merit when dealing with tools that arrivepre-installed on terminals with the Android operating system However, the social network Facebook does not always have this privilege, which enhances its success among platform users Android
This information, the number of installations in terminals Android, can now be consulted through the Facebook download page on Google Play And, the interval counter of the web version of the application store already shows that it is among the thousand million and five billion installations For its part, the application Google Play only shows the badget in orange color that shows the billion downloads along with other information such as the rating and the type of application that is.
Without a doubt, an achievement to take into account as it shows the interestinterest of users in this social network, in addition to the presence in terminals AndroidSomething that, on the other hand, does not come as a surprise knowing that, for several months now, Facebook is considered a predominantly mobile tool as it achieves more than 50 percent of its income thanks to the fact that it is integrated into its application However, the growth of this application is more than remarkable, something that has been helped by its recent style changes.
And the fact is that the application of Facebook for Android has changed remarkably in recent years. A tool that received numerous criticisms for its slowness and malfunction, when the web version of Facebook was still more widely used However, its creator, Mark Zuckerberg, knew how to see the change in trend and invest in different redesigns and improvements.First one that involved the reconstruction of the application from scratch to adapt to more types of terminals and versions of AndroidMore recently, a visual change that seemed unwise due to the tab design, but that would be succeeding and taking this social network to this new milestone .
