Facebook's live broadcast app comes to Android

After a year and a half of waiting, users of the platform Android can now use the application Facebook Mentions A tool designed to create live broadcasts through this social network, as well as allowing everyone to be aware of the topics of the moment in Facebook, and the publications of other relevant personalities. The only problem? Which is still a closed app, geared toward celebrities and those users with verified Facebook accounts.

For those who don't know her, Facebook Mentions made her appearance in July 2014 for the platform iOS A tool with which Facebook made it easier the celebrities of your social network to be just that, celebrities. And it is that it has several functions of content management, alerts and information about what is trending Something really useful to stay on the crest of the wave within the social network, and above all, continue to offer attractive content for its long lists of followers.

However, Facebook Mentions has always stood out for offering live and live broadcasts through the massive social network. And, for the moment, it is the only method to do it on Facebook, also offering useful options such as send notifications and alerts through this social network so that no follower is left without those natural moments that usually occur in live broadcasts.

Along with this, users of Facebook Mentions have the possibility to update your status and share all kinds of content, allowing all of these to be shared through the social networks Instagram and Twitter In addition, it has the option to specifically follow anotherfamous user or users of the social network

Well, after a long time in which Facebook has been expanding the list of functions of this application and opening its hand with personalities beyond celebrities, such as journalists, athletes and other users with a pull within the social network, now finally reaches Android Of course, with the same limitations. The good thing is that it also comes with the same number of functions.

The most striking thing is that Facebook has not bothered to adapt the design of the application to the operating system of Google, so its appearance offers the sensation of being in front of an iPhone It is not understood that theweight or space that it occupies in the terminal is 87 MB,a large size for an application that, unlike video games, does not have graphics and visual elements beyond the photographs that are displayed on the social network.

In any case, the application is already available in the store Google Play Store, from where anyone can download it. Of course, if you do not have a verified account, this application is still useless for the majority of users of Facebook And it seems that those responsible for the moment want to limit access to the function of live broadcasts through their service.The Facebook Mentions app is completely free