Facebook Is Sprucing Up Its Slideshow Ads With Text and Music

Brands can also include more images

Facebook is updating its Slideshow ads to help marketers make multimedia ads straight from their mobile phones.

This morning, the social network unveiled updates to its Slideshow product, which launched nearly a year ago, to now create the ads from the Facebook mobile app.

The unit already lets advertisers create multimedia images from still shots. However with today's updates, brands will be able to include text and music. Facebook is initially offering a range of themed audio tracks, but the company said it will soon allow brands to upload their own.

The latest version will also allow for including as many as 10 photos—a step up from the three

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