On Friday Facebook’s new “Home” application launched on the US Play Store, and Facebook obviously had to start marketing it over the weekend. Facebook Home is the social network’s effort to take Android skins to extreme levels of customization. Featuring some really cool ideas like Chatheads, Facebook Home is not an app in the traditional sense.
So what is new about Facebook Home? Instead of the typical Facebook app, Facebook Home will take over your screen from the moment you wake the screen. You instantly see what your friends are sharing, and you can quickly see pictures without unlocking the phone. Because its so tightly integrated into the OS, you will also see things like messages and missed calls from the same interface.
Facebook makes no apologies of the fact that its network is a great way to goof off while at work – and this ad shows Facebook’s employees not really paying attention to their leader, Mark Zuckerberg. Tell us what you think:
