Facebook for Android updates again, Tries to ‘help’ us with mini icons

April 25, 2012

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If you remember, last Friday Facebook for Android updated with some bug fixes. There was only one problem because the update brought a couple of new icons to your app drawer, one titled camera and the other titled messenger. The camera icon is a easy way to take a photo and quickly upload it to Facebook and the Messenger app obviously opens Facebook Messenger quickly. While some might find these convenient, others found it annoying because you could easily hit the wrong camera icon for example.

Yesterday Facebook updated once again, but this time they added mini Facebook icons to those app icons so you won't tap them by mistake. Unfortunately these icons aren't removable unless you install a 3rd party launcher, have Ice Cream Sandwich, or the manufacturer of your phone has the “added” ability to hide certain apps like newer Motorola phones.

Robert Nazarian Author

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.

2 comments

Robstunner says:

April 25, 2012 at 8:38 AM

Facebook is a battery goblin, Friendcaster is much better since there latest update

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Lcpub says:

April 25, 2012 at 7:53 AM

I’m sorry for asking but I still haven’t found what the differences was between the new “messenger” shortcut and the facebook messenger app. Do we still need the facebook messenger app?

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