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11 things you did not know about Facebook.

Facebook Is the largest social network in the world, with over 1,5 billion user names. Even if you spend a lot of time with the app Facebook, You may not have explored all he has to offer. For this we have a list of tips, tricks, and features that you do not know.

No matter if you run Facebook on a Samsung Galaxy Edge S7 or a Google Pixel, you'll find helpful tips for sorting through your news feed, improving your account security, finding the best content faster, and changing your status updates more easily, plus more.

1. Manage notifications

Are you bombarded daily by a flood of updates and alerts from your friends? You will be relieved when you find out that Facebook It can actually make switching and disabling certain types of notifications quite easy.

Go to Settings> Application settings> Notification settings (Settings > App Settings > Notifications). From there, you can turn on or turn off wall post alerts, comments, friend requests, photo labels, invitations to events, and more.

Manage your Facebook notifications
Keep Facebook notifications under control

2. Share from other applications

Share between applications is one of their strengths Android, So use it: Touch the Share button while viewing a photo gallery, web browser or anything else. Facebook Will appear as one of the options.

This is an excellent way to share something in the chronology without having to actually get in Facebook And you will get all the usual status update options.

Facebook sharing
Share directly from Android to Facebook.

3. Find interesting places nearby

application Facebook for Android it can do some tricks that a desktop site can't, like making better use of your location. Choose Nearby locations (Nearby Places) to find locations around you that have their own page Facebook.

It's a great way to discover restaurants, bars, shops or other places if you're in an unknown area of ​​the world. Touch any entry for more information about that place.

facebook places nearby
Get a map of the neighborhood on Facebook.

4. Stop videos from auto-play

One of the most useful settings in the application Facebook this Video Autoplay. Allows you to enable or disable auto play or turn it on when you only connect to a WiFi connection.

This will save data usage while you're out, and you can stop your news feed from sometimes appearing in a dizzying list of clips with various funny things and animations.

Go to Settings> Application settings> Autoplay (Settings > App Settings > Autoplay).

Facebook video autoplay
Take control of video autoplay in your Facebook news feed.

5. Save videos and links for later

Many times due to lack of time we cannot watch some interesting clips of our friends... fortunately there is a solution to this problem. If you click the drop-down arrow next to a news feed post that contains a video or link, you can save the content to return to later.

A marked content is kept under the title saved In the main menu of the application (press See All under applications If it's not visible) so you can turn it back in its free time.

Facebook save video
Save videos and links for later.

6. Check account security

From inside the application Facebook, Touch Account settings> Security> Active sessions  (Settings > Account Settings > Security and login) And here if you give up See More you can see all the locations and devices associated with your account. Facebook.

If you notice something suspicious, click the logout icon. It's better to be safe than sorry, so if you make a mistake and log out from one of your own devices or browsers, you can log in again.

Security of facebook account
Check if you recognize all active security sessions on Facebook.

7. Filter news feeds

Maybe you do not know but you do not have to thank yourself for the standard news list with updates. application Facebook gives you access to the personalized lists from the main menu. To change the list in which someone appears, simply access their profile and press Friends> Edit friends list.

If you want to add or remove any entire list ("family" or "best friends," for example), you will need to do this from a computer.

Facebook family
Use lists to filter your friends and family on Facebook.

8. Hide a friend's feeds

Sometimes we do not want to see the updates of friends without disappointing or blocking their posts. You may want to keep claiming that you are friends, despite the fact that you never want to see them or hear them again.

For this, go to their page, choose FollowingThen select Unfollowing. They will not know, but you will never see their posts or messages to which they are labeled.

Facebook tips for not watching updates friends
Do not want to see a friend's posts on Facebook? Click Unfollow.

9. Prioritize a friend's feed

 

If you want to make the opposite by seeing the first, choose to see the posts of a particular friend above all else. Simply go to their page, click choose FollowingThen select See First.

Any posts made by this friend will reach the top of the news stream, so never lose them.

Facebook view friends first updates
See what your closest friend did before all the other posts on Facebook.

 

10. Use an application easier than Facebook to save memory

application Facebook Is not only enormous, it is also a great resource resource. You can save space and memory by using an alternative application such as Metal or Tinfoil, Which are especially custom skin skins for the web version Facebook. Metal Is a bit more sympathetic and offers more features, such as a notification tab and a floating window. There is also an official application Facebook Lite.

Otherwise, you can add a shortcut to the Facebook website on your home screen and use it. In Chrome, you can also allow notifications from the site, if you sign in Settings> Site settings> Notifications (Settings > Site settings > Notifications) And making sure they are enabled and unlocked for Facebook.

Facebook shortcuts on Chrome
Add a shortcut to the home screen or use a custom package to save space and RAM from Facebook.

 

11. Find Wi-Fi 

Facebook has just launched its new feature to help users find the nearest Wi-Fi hotspots globally. A spokesman for Facebook said: "To help people stay connected to their communities and find experiences around them, we're launching a feature to help you find Wi-Fi near you. We tested this feature and received great feedback that no it is only useful for people who travel, but it is especially useful in areas with poor connectivity to the mobile network. "

Here's how to use this feature: In the app Facebook (on Android or iOS), Click the tab More (The three-row icon at the top right) and then Find Wi-Fi. After you open the tab Find Wi-Fi, turn it on. You can then see all the available hotspots on a map near your location, plus information such as opening hours for the businesses that host them.

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