In the @Scale conference, Facebook reveals that it has
joined with eBay, Pinterest and Vice in utilizing the new feature of Chrome
which allows them to send notifications to users of Chrome for Android.
It means that Facebook users who access the service from the
Android version of Chrome can choose to receive notifications when someone
tags, calls or sends a message to them. These notifications will be offered via
a popup when users access Facebook, and will still appear even though the users
don't install the Facebook application on their mobile devices.
Google announced the development of push API support for
third parties in Chrome at last April. At that time, eBay and Vice News were
willing to be partners and committed to apply it as a new standard.
Facebook explains that the purpose of notifications through
Chrome is to provide a unified experience when users access their service from
different platform. Provide an equal experience to the mobile site users and
users of the original application.
The notifications feature in Chrome is considered as a
breakthrough that can slowly eliminate differences between users. Especially
for users who have devices with limited capabilities and high internet
costs.
Facebook application besides demanding reliable devices, it
also requires a huge storage space, which is becoming a serious problem for
devices with low memory capacity.
This is the reason why a number of users with various limitations
choose to access Facebook from the browser app rather than downloading the
original application.
Chrome users can now get Facebook notifications easily, they
just need to use the latest version of Chrome, after that open the Facebook
page and login as usual. Later there will be a pop up which's asking for
permission to send notifications, and tap the 'Allow' button.
If later you want to turn it off, you just need to go to the
Settings panel - Site Settings, and find Notifications.