Facebook Home Tops 500K Google Play Downloads

Android overlay Facebook Home topped the 500,000-download mark on Google Play over the weekend despite only being available on a handful of devices.

Android overlay Facebook Home topped the 500,000-download mark on Google Play over the weekend despite only being available on a handful of devices.

Analyst Benedict Evans reported the news in a tweet Sunday, and the Google Play page for Facebook Home lists its install total at between 500,000 and 1 million.

Facebook Home comes preloaded on the HTC First, and it is currently available for download for the HTC One X, HTC One X+, Samsung Galaxy S III, and Samsung Galaxy Note II.

TechCrunch pointed out that Instagram was downloaded more than 5 million times in six days when it launched on Android last April, but the photo-sharing application was available for all Android devices.

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