After To tear back to “OG Facebook” earlier this year, On Thursday, the social network announced an update that would give users an easy way to connect with friends. The company is introducing a new Facebook Friends tab that will show updates only by friends without any other suggested content. Meta explained in a blog post that the idea is to bring back the focus on the actual mission to connect Facebook people with friends, which is connected to friends through social networking experience.
This tab, which is initially only available in the United States and Canada, will be offered to friends’ content, including their posts, rails, stories, birthday and friend requests.
Earlier, the tab provided only a place to see your friend’s requests and other “people you know”.
Company in October A General Z Foxed Re -Design Launched From its flagship social network, in hope of attracting a young crowd who has widely abandoned or ignored Facebook in favor of other social apps like Meta Instagram or TaTok. Earlier changes were focused on connecting users with community information, Facebook groups and video.
However, in January, Matta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the company’s Q4 income call that “return to OG Facebook” is part of his key goals of 2025.
“I think there are a lot of opportunities to make [Facebook] He told investors, “There is far more culturally influence than today, adding,” I think some of them will come back in such a way that Facebook was actually used in the day. “
The CEO did not say what kind of changes would be in the store, but the Friends Tab update is the first of many people who will start this year.
A Blog Post, The company acknowledged that the social network needs to return to its roots.
The post states, “Over the past years, Facebook was ready to meet changing needs and created the best quality experiences in groups, video, marketplace and more, but the magic of friends is gone.”
The company says the new Friends Tab is available through the Navigation Bar on Facebook’s home feed and will be accessible through the app’s bookmark section.
Customers make their friends’ tab even easier on their home feed. Can choose To do this, click Settings and privacy > Settings > Bar. Then you can choose to customize your tab bar and pin a new tab there.