Facebook is testing a video-only tab
The most crowded social network in the world continues to innovating Y It seems that these days he does not dedicate himself to anything other than doing testing with new functions and features that could arrive in the coming weeks to improve your user experience and attract even more users and their interest. If his commitment to the video had already become clear, demonstrating that every time there is more content of this type and that is becoming more economically profitable thanks to advertisements, now they go a step further and create a space dedicated just to it. This is how the videos tab arrives on Facebook
This is an experiment that they have begun to carry out with a limited group of users on iPhone. And they first want to measure the impact of these changes before launching it globally. In this way, the videos shared by friends and Pages they follow would be the main content of this new tab, avoiding the rest of the publications as photos, articles and status updates Something like the YouTube of Facebook Just click on the tab Videos to access all these elements in a new sectionLatest News more dynamic But there is more.
In this video section, where it is possible to navigate between publications dedicated exclusively to moving images, there are also important news when it comes to playback Again, following what was seen on YouTube, Facebook has decided to implement a player that allowsview in a small frame the specific videowhile browsing the rest of the new tab Only Click on the upper right button when watching a video to minimize it and keep it playing on a small floating screen that can be positioned anywhere on the screen. Thus, you can browse and search for a new video to watch without stopping the previous one. Simply drag the small window to the center of the screen to close it permanently.
Facebook has also worked on a video experience that engages the user and keep it on this social network as much of the time as possible. Something very beneficial for advertisers and the coffers of FacebookThat's why a simple slide of the finger allows you to jump from full screen playback of one video to the next Without having to go out and find a new video to watch. This is supported by another new feature: the Suggested Videos With that, again just like YouTube , Facebook suggests new related content to view. A good way to keep the user hooked one video after another.
But what if it's not the time to watch a long video or play it with sound? Well, at Facebook they have also thought about it. Since they've built their own handy video platform, they've stocked it with useful features like save for later So the user can Bookmark different content to watch at a better time and never miss out on what your friends are sharing.
At the moment these tests are being launched on iPhone in a limited number, although appearing in everyone It will also be followed by the web version and, in a few months, the Android platform Now we just have to wait and see if the video continues to be a hit on Facebook
