Games Connect To Facebook Users Through New Notifications API
If you're a Facebook gamer, you'll probably start to see more notifications at the top of your page. That's because the site announced Friday that it launched a new application programming interface (API) that allows game developers to push notifications to players when friends challenge them to a game or beat their high score.
If you’re a Facebook gamer, you’ll probably start to see more notifications at the top of your page. That’s because the site announced Friday that it launched a new application programming interface (API) that allows game developers to push notifications to players when friends challenge them to a game or beat their high score.
Facebook software engineer Bo Zhang announced this change in the site’s developers blog.
However, noted that with great power comes great responsibility. Developers should be wary of sending too many notifications and risk annoying gamers, who can remove themselves from from this service by clicking on the X in the top right corner of the notification:
You can send notifications to your users without requesting additional permissions.
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