The beta program is getting full quite often but Facebook devs are extending it from time to time. ? Facebook is available in Beta and you can opt-in as a tester via Google Play.? Facebook is a well-known social media app that also owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
Facebook Public Group experience beta settings on Android Tester Context: ? If you want to see en example group you can check Android Testers group moderated by TestingCatalog.
The most notable changes that Public Group experience brings: The setup process describes all the changes that will happen to the group and a deadline when this change won't be revertable. There it states that your group was invited to be among the first to start using a new Public Group experience. Today, some group admins may discover a notification saying "Changes to Public Groups". We regret the error.A new Public Group experience project was presented on October 1st of 2020 and required an OPT-IN from group admins who will be willing to participate in beta testing. I logged in the morning and facebook asked me to try facebook beta aka their beta design and asked for my feedback. Shaver admits that having such an open, large Beta program wil sometimes "show our hand" with regard to future features, but again the program will initially focus on more basic bugs and QA.Ī previous version of this story said that Facebook was using Google Plus, which is another method Google allows for beta testing on Android.
There's no limit to how many people can join the program. Facebook's Ragavan Srinivasan, product manager, says that "you just use the app normally," but there's a new menu option that allows you to submit bugs in-app. However, while joining a Google Beta requires signing up for a Google Group, users will provide feedback via a Facebook group. So instead, Facebook is using the new Beta features Google announced at I/O. Now, the Facebook Beta app for desktop has appeared in store, and is being tested by a select group of testers before being rolled out more broadly next year. However, Google put the kaibosh on that project. Our Engineering SVP Anne Hastings will be using Workplace Live to broadcast this quarter's reviews so you can see what's on her mind.
The next step was to begin rolling out direct updates on its app, an end-around for the Google Play update system that would eventually allow it to test updates with a subset of its users, as it does on the web. We've heard from feedback that people want more transparency around product reviews. The reasons I switched back to the old fb app is that the beta version messed up with my contact pictures (the default pic was the outlook not the fb, and. Most problematic: Facebook would like to be able to test its products in the same way that it can on the web, rolling them out slowly to users.įacebook had been using internal "droidfooding" and beta programs with outside partners to test its apps. I had installed the beta version and I liked it more There are actionable notifications (like the photos you are taged, accept friend requests' etc). However, he says that the fragmentation in the Android ecosystem presents significant challenges. The platform, Shaver says, provides a combination of openness, diversity, and reach that allows Facebook to take over the entire phone with Facebook Home and integrate messaging with Chat Heads. Mike Shaver, director of engineering at Facebook, said that the company is becoming increasingly enamored with Android. On July 20, 2008, Facebook introduced Facebook Beta, a significant. For now, the beta program applies only to the main Facebook App, but the company wouldn't say whether or not it would someday apply to other software, like Facebook Home, but wouldn't rule the possibility out.įacebook is using all the tools Google has given them Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service owned by Meta. Initially, the purpose of the Beta program is to provide Facebook with bug reports and crash reports for upcoming versions of the software, but someday the company may use it to test new features and perhaps see whether and how users take to them. Once you join the group, you can then opt-in to Facebook's Beta program to become a tester, at which point your app will be taken off the standard track and automatically updated to the Beta version.
To join, you need to join a Google Group - which Google's beta program for Android requires - and then you'll be able to use the newest versions of Facebook's apps and provide feedback about bugs.
In a meeting with journalists today, Facebook announced it's offering a Beta Program for its app on Android, allowing users to test upcoming versions.