Facebook Introduces 'Live Audio' Feature

After successfully rolling out the live video feature, Facebook has now introduced "Live Audio" option - like traditional radio or podcasting - in your News Feed where users will be able to broadcast audio directly to the social network.

"We know that sometimes publishers want to tell a story on Facebook with words and not video. Our new 'Live Audio' option makes it easy to go live with audio only when that's the broadcaster's preferred format," said Shirley Ip, Product Specialist, and Bhavana Radhakrishnan, Software Engineer at Facebook in a blog post on Tuesday.

"One thing we've heard is that partners want new formats for going live. We announced Live 360 last week, and today we're excited to announce another way to go live on Facebook," they added.

Facebook has witnessed some Pages find creative ways to go live and reach audiences with audio only by using the Facebook Live API or by adding a still image to accompany their audio broadcast.

"We also know that publishers sometimes go live from areas that lack strong network connectivity. Though we alert the broadcaster if their signal is low, Live Audio presents another option for connecting with audiences in real time from low-connectivity areas," the post read.

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Official TWRP App Launched On Google Play Store

Official TWRP App Launched On Google Play Store

Everyone who uses the custom Android ROMs knows about TWRP. This custom recovery is often the first tool to allow access to many more features and installation of other ROMs.
Still, with features that forced almost archaic methods to be used, TWRP has decided to evolve and finally has an application present in the Android application store, it means it is now available officially with its own official app in Google Play Store.
The presence of an application TWRP in the Google app store is a very important step that Team Win gives. It finally gives its users a way to access functions that many like to see automated and mainly facilitated.
The Official TWRP App is divided into two distinct areas, one dedicated to looking for updates and another focused on updating applications.
The first one can be used without Root and gives to those who use this app the possibility to receive alerts about new versions and news of the project itself.
If the phone is already rooted then the range of possibilities opens and Official TWRP App becomes the official channel for TWRP updates. Directly and without any intervention of the user TWRP will be applied, either in recovery mode or in the boot itself.
For now, TWRP can only apply the images that are in the internal memory of the phone, but Team Win is already looking for a way to be able to apply these images from any memory connected to the phone.
If you are a TWRP user then this is the application you are looking for. Almost automatically, custom recovery will be applied, so, the users can use this application for the whole process.

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The whole idea of Gboard is search is built right into the keyboard, allowing you to get restaurant information, YouTube videos and GIFs without needing to perform the dance of jumping between apps. It’s convenient and makes life that much better. And it works inside all of your favorite apps, including Hangouts, Allo, WhatsApp and more.


Here’s what’s new

GIF search, available in supporting apps
Multilingual typing:Automatically switch between your enabled languages while typing
Streaming autocorrect: Autocorrect last two words based on context
Predictive search:Search suggestions based on what you type
Default number row (turn on in Keyboard Settings)
36 new languages
You should see the update rolling out for the Google Keyboard now. [Google Play]

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Messenger app gets new powerful camera

Messenger app gets new powerful camera


To help make conversations better, Facebook on Friday launched a new, faster and easier-to-use camera with art and special effects in its Messenger app that will be rolled out globally over the coming days.
“We have seen that the way people are messaging is becoming much more visual. In fact, over 2.5 billion emojis, photos, stickers and videos are sent every day on Messenger,” the company said in a blog.
“In some ways the camera is now replacing the keyboard. As more people use Messenger in their everyday lives, we wanted to make it faster, simpler and more fun to send photos and videos. So we built the new Messenger camera,” Facebook said.
The new camera is quicker than previous versions which makes it easier for users to capture and share moments as they happen.
Whether you are already in a conversation or have just opened up the app, you will see the shutter button centre in the screen. A tap takes photo and a long press records a video.
The social media giant also introduced new art and special effects.
“We are especially excited to debut 3D masks and special effects, which make it super easy to apply an artistic filter to your full screen photo and to turn your world into a work of art,” the company said.
Facebook has also incorporated thousands of stickers, frames, masks and effects in the app. A user can also create text, add art and stickers to the text.

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Facebook Just Added An Extraordinary Feature To Its App

Facebook Just Added An Extraordinary Feature To Its App

If virtually all Facebook users connect from mobile, there are a number of limitations of the application for smartphones that is no longer valid. The company knows and has therefore begun to get rid of some, such as avoiding uploading videos in high definition.

As you know that frequently updated Facebook application for iOS and Android devices incorporating exciting new features. As echoes, the Android Police team, the Facebook for Android users can finally enjoy uploading videos in HD almost two years after iOS users.

Specifically, the new option of which I am speaking right now is available in the settings menu of the application (with the option of uploading in HD). Although the change would have begun to be available for a few weeks, it is now that seems to be available for all users of the application. This is an excellent news for many users, especially if we consider that the smartphones with Android can record in HD and 4K qualities for a long time.

Before starting to share this type of high-quality videos on social networks, keep in mind that this videos will have higher resolution, greater weight, or mega gigs and therefore those will also consume higher data. If you are not connected to a WiFi network, you better to have a good data rate. Otherwise, you may find an unpleasant surprise on the bill.

In addition to the above, the social media giant Facebook would be testing other developments in the app for Android. According to Android Police, the social network would be studying the reception of these developments with a small group of users.

One of the most striking is that of floating windows that allow continuing to view content thereof while use other applications or downloaded videos for viewing offline.

The decision to extend this feature to mobile devices responds to the strategy of Facebook, which wants to compete with YouTube in the video sector. So far, in recent months it has boosted the number of video views on its website, although it is not known how many of them have to do with the option to Play Automatically activated by default on smartphones.

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