Windows 10 desktop and mobile users can rejoice! Facebook has announced universal applications for Facebook, Messenger and Instagram on desktop and mobile.
Announced just last month at the Microsoft Build 2016 conference, the three apps were just introduced in a Newsroom post. Facebook and Messenger for the Desktop – on Windows Desktop App Store, and Instagram for Windows 10 Mobile – in the Windows Phone Store. Later on in the year, Windows 10 Phone Facebook and Instagram apps will be released as well. Users who were using the Facebook Windows 8 app can now choose to continue using it or upgrade to the Windows 10 version for free.
Product manager, Davis Fields who introduced the apps, said
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The new app includes the latest Facebook features like “Reactions, stickers in comment and a right-hand column that shows birthday and event reminders, trending topics and more.” Microsoft also built an in-app browser that makes it a lot easier for users to read read and share multiple articles.
Likewise, the new Instagram for Windows 10 Mobile app includes Instagram Direct, Explore and Video. Of course it also supports Live Tiles.
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Fields also explained,
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