Facebook Instant Articles Available to All iPhone Users; Android Next
All users of Facebook’s iPhone application can now access Instant Articles, and the social network confirmed that the feature will launch for Android later this year.
All users of Facebook’s iPhone application can now access Instant Articles, and the social network confirmed that the feature will launch for Android later this year.
Users connected to Facebook via their iPhone apps who see lightning bolts in the top-right-hand corner of posts from participating publishers in News Feed can click on the stories to access them 10 times faster than standard mobile Web articles.
Product manager Michael Reckhow announced in a Facebook Media blog post that a public beta of Instant Articles for Android will be available last week, with a full launch slated for later this year.
Facebook introduced Instant Articles in May, and its nine launch partners were:
Reckhow said in the blog post that the following partners will join the fray:
- Billboard
- Billy Penn
- The Blaze
- Bleacher Report
- Breitbart
- Brit + Co
- Business Insider
- Bustle
- CBS News
- CBS...
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