With 700,000,000 Facebook members worldwide and ~50,000,000 installs of the Facebook for Android application, it’s about time Facebook shows Android a little more love through their app. The Android application has always been behind the iOS equivalent and parts of it even crash on Honeycomb, as well as it missing basic features such as comment liking, video uploads and access to Facebook Pages. But this is all about to change. Facebook is currently running a private beta (invites have closed) for Facebook for Android v1.6 which will bring to Android all of the basic functionality it’s currently missing:
- Ability to like comments on statuses
- Upload videos on-the-go (no word if Wi-Fi is needed like YouTube)
- Access to Facebook Pages
- A plethora of bug fixes (please make it work on Honeycomb!)
It will be interesting to see if the update will make use of fragments on Honeycomb or whether they’ll neglect Android tablets a little longer. I for one certainly can’t wait to get my hands on Facebook for Android v1.6
