The New Facebook Update: How To Get it With Dark Mode on Desktop
By: Polarity Technologies Ltd.
Tags: Social Media, Technology News, Facebook

In the history of Facebook, there have been four major redesigns.

The latest one, FB5, otherwise known as The New Facebook, might be the most dramatic of them all. It’s a total shift in how Facebook looks and works on desktop and mobile. It even introduces a site-wide dark mode. It’s been many years since a massive design change came to Facebook, so this news is both welcomed and much-needed, even if it’s jarring.

To help you navigate the change, Polarity Technologies Ltd is breaking down what to expect.

At the F8 2019 conference, Facebook executives announced the social network plans to push out a massive redesign called The New Facebook. It’s an interface update that will place a bigger emphasis on Groups and Events — two of the biggest reasons people visit Facebook on a daily basis. This subsequently also means that the News Feed will be featured way less in The New Facebook.

As Polarity Technologies has learned from Eightpoint, both the desktop website and the mobile app will automatically receive the update. This will make Facebook easier to navigate while also modernising its look for the new decade. Facebook described it as a cleaner design, with more of an all-white look and even a dark mode option.

White design

Visually, Facebook’s redesign is carried throughout the desktop and mobile apps. It’s a cleaner, brighter, more contemporary Facebook. Here’s a look at CEO Mark Zuckerberg showing off the mostly-white design at the F8 2019 conference:

Dark mode

If you’re not a fan of all the bright look, you’ll be happy to know that, because dark modes have become a huge trend in the past year, Facebook has decided to offer its own dark mode for desktop users in this update.

News Feed and Groups

Perhaps the biggest change to Facebook is the News Feed. Facebook is doubling down on group communities and private interactions and has suggested we can expect a major disruption in how we get our content from Facebook in the future. It floated the notion that friends and family should be the core of our social lives. So, Facebook Groups will now be prioritised and surfaced more to you.

That doesn’t mean the News Feed is dead. In fact, press imagery for The New Facebook still shows a stream of status updates.

Facebook said the Groups Tab has been overhauled to make finding new groups that you might be interested in even easier. The feed for groups will also serve up recent activity within groups you’re a member of and may even replace the News Feed as the default feed. You’ll also see more connections among groups and the Facebook features you use the most, such as Marketplace or Facebook Watch.

Other features

There will also be new features events and for specific communities, like Chat for Gaming Groups, as well as interaction improvements for Facebook Live and those who use it for buying and selling purposes.

When will The New Facebook arrive?

Facebook desktop and mobile should auto-update for you once you sign in.

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