Facebook’s news app Paper is like Flipboard with friends

Facebook has finally taken the wraps off Paper, its news-aggregator application, which will release on 3 February, a day before the social networking website celebrates its 10th birthday. The timing of the app’s release comes right on cue, with rumours swirling around Facebook’s expansion into mobiles, but the app itself is completely unexpected.


For one, Paper only seems to be aimed at iOS devices for now. The video preview and the advertisements see no mention of Paper for Android devices. However, the features of the app indicate that this could be because it is very similar to the launcher, Facebook Home, that is already available on Android devices. The menu, the shortcuts on the application, the options to share, like and dislike are very reminiscent of Facebook’s Android launcher experience.


In terms of interface, Paper relies on a visually-heavy layout to draw users in and entice them to flip page after page of handpicked stories. The app also allows you to view stories from your Facebook feed in a horizontal scrolling fashion, something that Android users are already able to do.


According to Facebook, Paper allows you to swipe your thumb across the screen to run through stories naturally, tilt the phone to get a better look at the images, check out panoramic, high-res pictures and more. Auto-playing videos will take up the whole screen for a more immersive experience. 

Source: Technology News in Hindi 

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