{"id":40436,"date":"2013-04-30T21:32:07","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=40436"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:28:46","slug":"facebook-beta-for-windows-phone-ditches-metro-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/facebook-beta-for-windows-phone-ditches-metro-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook beta for Windows Phone ditches \u2018Metro\u2019 design"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"facebook<\/a>The current Facebook app<\/a> for Windows Phone isn’t very good. That’s why Microsoft is launching a new beta version of Facebook for Windows Phone 8. Users will be able to try out the latest features like support for high-resolution photos, sharing posts, and the new Facebook Timeline<\/a>. Microsoft wants those who download the Facebook beta to provide feedback about issues and features users want to see in the final version. There’s a dedicated feedback button to quickly send the development team your comments and requests.<\/p>\n

The old app was styled after Microsoft’s “Metro” design language, which featured a column interface that you could swipe between. The Facebook beta uses the same design language that the Android<\/a> and iOS<\/a> apps already share. There’s a menu button at the top to access the navigation sidebar, which gives users sections for the News Feed, Messages, Events, and Friends list.<\/p>\n

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The complete redesign of Facebook for Windows Phone comes after the Twitter app also ditched its “Metro” styling<\/a> back in February. It seems Microsoft is becoming less strict with the design language of third party applications.<\/p>\n

You can download the Facebook beta for Windows Phone 8 here on Softonic<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The current Facebook app for Windows Phone isn’t very good. That’s why Microsoft is launching a new beta version of Facebook for Windows Phone 8. Users will be able to try out the latest features like support for high-resolution photos, sharing posts, and the new Facebook Timeline. Microsoft wants those who download the Facebook beta … Continue reading “Facebook beta for Windows Phone ditches \u2018Metro\u2019 design”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":40439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2353],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-40436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfacebook"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t