Meta has entered a more visual and immersive redesign for the main Facebook feed which will now display photos organized in grids and allow you to ‘Like’ by double-clicking, as well as adding options to facilitate the creation and publication of content, as well as the discovery of new like-minded users.
The company led by Mark Zuckerberg has presented these new functions in order to direct Facebook users towards a more Instagram-like experience, facilitating connection with other people and with options to help you more easily update your profile, find new content through search, and view photos and videos in the main feed.
In this sense, Meta has detailed that it has simplified the main ‘feed’ of Facebook making it more immersive, so that it is easier for users to view and share content. To this end, it has announced that, from now on, at post multiple photos, they will be organized in a standardized grid.
Thus, users will see the photographs published in the ‘feed’ in a structured way and, in addition, they will be able to press once about one of the photographs for see it full screen and twice to ‘like’ itas explained in a statement.
Following this line, the company has also announced that it will show the functions of Reels, Friends, Marketplace and Profile in the tab bar, so that they are located in a more accessible way. Likewise, the menu will have a renewed design and tab notifications will appear “clearer” to keep up to date with news from the social network.
Meta has explained that the search results They have also been updated and now will show more ‘Reels’ content and photographs located in a grid layout more immersive, just like what happens on Instagram.
Likewise, a new full screen display format has begun to be tested that allows explore results of photos and videos “without losing the location in the search.” That is, when you slide up on the screen, it will show the next photo or video that appeared in the search results grid. This feature will be expanded to more types of content and posts in the coming months.
In addition to all this, Meta has indicated that users will be able Share your opinion on why you don’t like a Facebook post or Reelin order to personalize the content of your ‘feed’ and make the content more relevant.
NEWS FOR CONTENT CREATION
The social network has also implemented some new features when creating stories and publications, in order to offer a more intuitive experience. Now, users will have the “most popular” tools, such as adding music and tagging friends, more accessible at the bottom of the screen.
Likewise, the audience settings and cross posts displayed prominently in the editor, so that it makes it easier to locate and adjust, as the company has stressed.
Meta has also indicated that the comments in the ‘feed’, groups or Reels They also have a new simplified experience, which offers optimized answers, featured badges and new tools for posting comments.
Likewise, these improved controls also help users group administrators to monitor conversations, allowing you to mark irrelevant content or that does not fit the tone of the conversation, anonymously.
CONNECTIONS WITH LIKE USERS
Finally, Meta has detailed that it has updated the user search to improve the way of finding people with similar interests. This is because, at update profile with personal detailsFacebook will help users discover friends who share tastes, interests or hobbies, showing different accounts in the profile.
In this way, users can get to know each other better, with information about where they work to which series and albums are among their favorites. However, it has specified that you can choose who sees the profile and whether you want to share those updates.