Looks
like, Facebook has decided to go retro and bring back ‘away messages’.
Remember, those quick messages you would type to notify friends that you
are away from the keyboard. Facebook is now planning to bring it back
in the form of the new ‘sidebar status’ for its mobile apps on iOS and
Android, reports TheVerge.
By
doing so, it plans to spruce up your mobile experience. News has it
that the new feature is being tested in Taiwan and Australia, allowing
users to set the new ‘sidebar status’ alongside a small photo and also
allows to tag a location.
This
means, the sidebar that appears on swiping right in the Facebook app
and shows frequently messaged friends will now also show short status
messages under their names. Interestingly, these messages can be
accompanied by tiny image icons that the social network has created.
These messages will only be seen in the sidebar and not the newsfeed or
profile. You get the control to decide who can see these messages from
your list of friends.
“It’s
not quite right to call these “away” messages, of course, because these
days we’re never really “away” in the way we were in the era of desktop
computing. But sidebar statuses have the same look and feel, and
they’re intended for the same audience that away messages were: your
closest friends,” adds report.
It
is also something that Facebook hopes could woo young users. After all,
the social site is known to be struggling to attract teenagers.
Recently, Facebook was seen sprucing up its Messenger app and also has a
dedicated web version for the Messenger. We wouldn’t be surprised to
see Facebook borrow some features from WhatsApp to further spruce up its
Messenger experience.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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