La Facebook app for iOS has been updated making an approach to two of the recent projects of the social network. First, it has borrowed the Facebook Home Chat Heads, that launcher for Android phones that makes the social network the center of our user experience. Second, the renewed desktop version that they recently released.
The floating chat bubbles they had to do more with the messaging service than with the application in general. Interestingly, those of Zuckerberg have chosen to bring this resource as part of the update of the main application. Now your chat uses the idea of Chat Heads to differentiate conversations. Are float to the side of the screen about the application itself while we have a conversation with our contacts. Too we can relocate them to be able to see the bottom more comfortably. Unfortunately they do not remain present when we go to another application as it happens in Android since the Apple Sandbox does not allow these things.
Another improvement is seen in messaging, which is the possibility of using LINE type stickers in addition to the emoticons that we already had. These make conversations a little more fun when the occasion calls for it. Although they are somewhat childish, they are good to express certain ideas or feelings quickly. At the moment, there are several sticker packs that can be downloaded for free but it is more than likely that in the future Facebook will charge for them, obtaining a monetization route for its mobile services.
Although the stickers can only be purchased and sent from iOS, don't worry, your contacts on Android will receive them if you send them to them.
The guys at Zuckerberg seem to have turned all their efforts towards messaging on both platforms. This is one of the most important uses in mobile devices and applications such as WhatsApp have shown that in mobility they can replace social networks.
The redesign of the application, as we said, brings it closer to more minimalist aesthetic of the desktop browser version