Facebook reveals new phone design

Menlo Park (California), April 4: Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder and chief executive of Facebook, said the company has developed new software to showcase the social network on mobile devices powered by Google’s Android operating system.

“You’re going to be able to turn your Android phone into a great social phone,” said Zuckerberg. The new interface, called Facebook Home, places a heavy emphasis on photos, much like the recent changes made to Facebook’s news feed feature on the Web.

Current users of Android phones will be able to download the new software through the Play Store, Google’s application marketplace, starting on April 12.

The software will also be featured on phones made by HTC, in four colours. “We think this is the best version of Facebook there is,” Zuckerberg said.