In
the bid to go all-mobile, Facebook is now said to be working on a new
app that will display information about who is calling. The app dubbed
‘Phone’ will also feature automatic blocking of calls. Looks like, the
company plans to launch a Truecaller competitor.
According
to a report by AndroidPolice, Facebook has accidentally sent out a new
update asking users to try out the new ‘Phone’ app. It asked users to
tap on install or update, but on doing so the social network pops up an
error that reads, “no page found”. The update shows the [FB-ONLY] tag,
which means it may have been slipped out accidentally and the app is
still stored internally on Facebook’s intranet for security purposes.
“Phone
will block calls from commonly blocked numbers and show you detailed
information about incoming calls, a lot like the Whitepages Caller ID
app. Presumably, Facebook will also be anonymising your incoming call
data for marketing and research purposes, because why else would they
want to release an app like this?” adds the report.
However,
the company has confirmed to VentureBeat that it is simply one of the
things the social network is testing and there is nothing to announce
right now.
Recently,
Facebook had also disclosed plans to add a new feature to its Messenger
that allows friends to send and receive money through it. Users can tap
or click a dollar icon in a new chat window to send money to their
friends, after they link a Visa or MasterCard debit card issued by a US
bank to their accounts. The free feature will roll out over the next few
months for users in the United States who access Facebook Messenger
through desktop computers or Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS operating
systems on mobile devices.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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