Facebook has been in the news a lot lately, and not always for the right reasons. The company created by Mark Zuckerberg is trying somehow to improve its image, by making changes to its platform in particular.
According to rumors, the social network is preparing to integrate a browser within the mobile application itself. Facebook would obviously be the big beneficiary of this feature, since it would allow users to view the content of a publication without leaving the application, as was the case before. The new implementation would be more comprehensive than Instant Articles, an ersatz built-in browser that only iOS app users have enjoyed until now.
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It will therefore be possible toopen newsfeed posts in a home browser. Logically, it will also be possible to share links in the menu of this browser. According to Betonmobile, not all types of links will be immediately supported and to begin with, only links to photos and videos can be shared. In the coming weeks, other types of publications should be added to the list of shareable links and the other applications of Meta (WhatsApp and Instagram in this case) will benefit from these functionalities.
Thanks to the in-app browser, users will no longer leave Facebook
The Facebook browser, whose search bar should be located at the top of the screen, will offer most of the features available on competitor browsers, namely text and/or voice search, the ability to save links to offline consultation, the creation of a widget to access a site from the home page.
Facebook is under heavy fire from criticism, no doubt rightly so. Remember that a study recently published by cybersecurity experts reveals that Meta, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp applications are the most dangerous in terms of personal data security. Embedding a browser into these already highly intrusive platforms will therefore only give society even more information about users. If the rumor is true, Facebook’s in-app browser should be rolling out to devices in the coming weeks Android only.