After releasing a faster application for Apple’s iOS, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is set to provide a new feature for users of Android-powered phones.
The social networking site is in the process of testing a new feature that lets the platform automatically synchronise pictures taken on Android phones. These will be transferred to the user’s Facebook account, where the user can decide what to share with friends, relative and others.
Incidentally this is a feature that is already available on rival social media platform Google-plus.
Though the photos taken will be stored privately on Facebook, considering the leaky nature of Facebook’s platform, this is sure to raise some privacy concerns wen the feature is actually released widely.
According to Facebook it is currently under test and available to those who are using the newest Facebook for Android application.
Is there any way that you can stop the photos from being automatically uploaded on your Facebook account? That has to be seen.
Also, it poses the hazard of running up phone bills while the photos are being uploaded. Of course the photos will not be synched if you are not connected to an Internet connection, whether via Wi-Fi or through a cellular network.
Not all Facebook users have been allowed the synchronising option and according to Mashable you can find out by tapping Photos on your Timeline (on your Facebook app for Android) and see if you have `Photo Synching’ option available.
Facebook has been working with mobile operators to make its applications more user friendly, intuitive and faster.
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