Facebook is now aiming to woo more Android smartphone owners, not with the mythical Facebook phone, but with a native app. Android phone and tablet users can now download at the Google Play Store a Facebook app that now launches the app, refreshes the timeline and open photos twice as fast. Instead of a native code, the prior version relied on an HTML 5-based web viewer which caused the sluggish performance of the app.
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- Facebook's original Android app has earned more than 1 million 1-star reviews due to its sluggishness and other issues.
- The changes to Facebook 2.0 are mostly under the hood as the app retains the original interface.
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There's much improved memory efficiency and garbage collection to ensure that the performance is right in line with the updated iOS application which shipped a few months ago.- Dhruv Bhutani, Fone Arena
Just like the Facebook guys promised, going full-blown native Android has made a world of difference, bringing forth an app that’s lighting quick and responsive.- Chris Chavez, Phandroid
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