Facebook wants to push itself further into photo and video sharing with the launch of another camera app, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. To do so, it reportedly opens up directly to your phone's camera.
The app is also said to put a big focus on live streaming video, something that Facebook believes is a huge feature moving forward for the site. This new app, then, would fill that void by putting content creation front and center, encouraging people to create, not consume.
Many social network users are spreading out, electing to post their snippets of thoughts on Twitter, their photos on Instagram, their videos on Vine, and their fun personal stories directly to select friends. Posts about public information like news articles increasing. However, it would fit with two of Facebook's recent priorities: Halting a decline in user-generated content sharing, and driving Live adoption. Reminders about special occasions like Mother's Day.
For all of its efforts to create a family of mobile apps, Facebook really hasn't cracked the code yet.
Facebook already has an app (called Moments) dedicated to sharing photos taken at group events. But with this new step Facebook seems to be competing with Snapchat. These are coming soon; The ability to send an invitation to a friend to watch live video with you; and Facebook Live Map on desktop, so users can see what live videos are trending all around the world. This isn't the first time Facebook has built an app to encourage sharing. Slingshot was supposed to encourage users to share more pictures. Sure there's Messenger, but a good number of its other apps have failed.
We have not heard anything from Facebook yet.
Source: Facebook Is Developing A Camera App To Rival Snapchat
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