Facebook is testing "read on the back" features like Instapaper and Pocket

ByOwen W Brown

Save articles you care about on the net so that you can read them collectively when there is time "Instapaper"Or"PocketThere is a service like "Facebook, but it turned out that Facebook is testing the same function as a new function of the mobile application.

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The screen display image at the present time is as follows. It is still being tested, so it seems that it will not be displayed for most users.

An icon like a bookmark is displayed at the bottom right of the posted article, and the link is saved by clicking.


When saving is completed, the icon changes to blue.


Clicking the icon further allows you to select "Remove from Saved Links" and "View Saved Links" menu.


The saved links are displayed in a list like this. The page title and the website name together with the thumbnail are displayed, and the elapsed time since saving is displayed.


It seems that it is possible to display the saved link from the sidebar application list. In addition, like Instapaper and Pocket, there is no function to save the page and read it offline, but it is expected to appear in the future.


This is Facebook CEO earlier this yearMr. Zuckerberg also saysAs part of the idea of ​​"making Facebook the most personalized news media", it is considered as an effort to get more time spent on Facebook by having external articles read on Facebook It is done.