1 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:07,480 Speaker 1: New features are coming to Facebook and Instagram. 2 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:10,200 Speaker 2: I'm Rich Demiro. This is Rich on Tech Daily. 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Facebook is holding its annual Faight Developers conference this week 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: near San Francisco, and they announced a bunch of new 5 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:20,520 Speaker 1: features and products for all of their brands, including Facebook, Instagram, 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: Whatsappened Oculus. I'm going to go over the biggest things 7 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: coming to Facebook and Instagram, which are two of the 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: most popular apps. 9 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: Let's start with Facebook. 10 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: The two biggest announcements have to do with dating and 11 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 1: the ability to clear out your Facebook history. Now I'm 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: not talking about your search history, but this is all 13 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: the stuff that Facebook collects about you as you browse 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: the web and use their website. The feature is called 15 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 1: clear History. It's kind of like erasing your web browser. 16 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 1: But it really has to do with all the websites 17 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,240 Speaker 1: and apps that send information to Facebook when you use them, 18 00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: and spoiler alert, it's pretty much all of them. You 19 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: can delete the information after you see it, or you 20 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: can even turn off collection of this and going forward. Now, 21 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 1: keep in mind this is not going to be an 22 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,039 Speaker 1: easy process. Well, it might be easy to turn it off, 23 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: but once you do, Facebook kind of hinted that it 24 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:10,959 Speaker 1: might not be so simple to use the Facebook login 25 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: option for websites after this. 26 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: Also, your data is still. 27 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:16,399 Speaker 1: Going to be collected, it's just done so in a 28 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: more anonymous way. So we'll have to keep an eye 29 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: on this one because the feature is not available just yet. 30 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 1: I'm kind of curious to see how this will be 31 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: implemented and whether it's useful or kind of frustrating. 32 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 2: Dating is the next. 33 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: Big thing Facebook's going to build into their app, and 34 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 1: this makes a ton of sense. Facebook has so much 35 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 1: data on people. I think some people might be hesitant 36 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: to use it at first because they might want to 37 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: keep their dating life separate from their Facebook life. But 38 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,919 Speaker 1: then again, this might really forward some pretty interesting connections. 39 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: Facebook knows all about you, they know all about your 40 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: friends and everyone on there, and they also know who 41 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,880 Speaker 1: you stalk on there. Now, the dating part of Facebook's 42 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: going to be a separate section of the app, so 43 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: you're going to have to create a new profile to 44 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:56,720 Speaker 1: use it. Facebook's going to recommend matches based on your 45 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: dating preferences, the things you both have in common, and 46 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: also your mutual friends. They are not going to recommend 47 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: people that you're already friends with and dating profiles are 48 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: only going to. 49 00:02:06,080 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 2: Show first names. One more thing to know. 50 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: Dating messages will be sent through a special inbox, and 51 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: if you're chatting with someone for the first time, you 52 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: will not be able to exchange links or photos. 53 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 2: That's probably pretty smart all right. 54 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,359 Speaker 1: Now, on to Instagram, so many new features here too. 55 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:24,120 Speaker 1: For starters, Instagram is getting video chat now. This is 56 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 1: different from the live video function that you're familiar with. 57 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 1: This is more like FaceTime, but with your Instagram friends. 58 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 1: It's all private. But the cool part is that you'll 59 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:35,800 Speaker 1: be able to video chat with one person or several 60 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:39,160 Speaker 1: people at once, and you can also minimize the video 61 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 1: and you can still browse around on Instagram while you're 62 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,079 Speaker 1: talking to your friends. So this definitely appeals to our 63 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 1: ever shortening attention spans. Look for this feature to come 64 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:50,239 Speaker 1: to Instagram in the next few weeks. 65 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:51,560 Speaker 2: And I have to say. 66 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: Instagram is slowly but surely becoming a really nice way 67 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: to get in touch with everyone because guess what, everyone 68 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: is on there. It's kind of like secondary to text messaging. 69 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: I find myself doing more direct messages on Instagram because 70 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: all your friends are on there. It doesn't matter if 71 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 1: they're on iOS or Android. And now with video chat 72 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: thrown into the mix, this is going to be pretty interesting, 73 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 1: very useful. 74 00:03:12,680 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 2: Now. 75 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 1: Also on Instagram, they're adding a new Explore page, so 76 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:17,760 Speaker 1: it's going to show groups of things that you might 77 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: be interested in, like hashtags of dogs, travel or architecture. 78 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: And there's also going to be some new ways to 79 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: share to Instagram Stories right from popular apps. 80 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 2: They mentioned Spotify and go Pro at first. Now here's 81 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 2: the thing. 82 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: If you have an Android phone, this functionality is sort 83 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: of already there, or at least it is on my Pixel. 84 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: Perhaps it was something Instagram was testing, but I found 85 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: it really useful to be able to share photos from 86 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 1: my gallery right to Instagram Stories as opposed to taking 87 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 1: them with the camera inside Instagram Stories. 88 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: See the difference. 89 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 1: So I can see this feature getting very popular as 90 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,920 Speaker 1: more and more apps lets you share right to your 91 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: story from the apps and you don't have to connect 92 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: them at all. It just sort of happens through the app. 93 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: For instance, let's say you're listening to music on Spotify 94 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: and you want to share this to Instagram Stories right now. 95 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: You'd have to take a screenshot and Spotify, then go 96 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: over open Instagram, go to your stories, import that picture 97 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: right on it and then share it. The new feature 98 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: would just let you share right from Spotify, so that's 99 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: pretty cool. There you have it, just a few of 100 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: the things coming soon to Facebook and Instagram. Let me 101 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: know what you think on Twitter I'm at rich Demurro 102 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 1: or on Instagram at rich on tech. Remember many of 103 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: these features are coming soon, so they might. 104 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 2: Not be available just yet, but be on the lookout 105 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 2: for them. 106 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: If you like this podcast, be sure to leave a 107 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: review and rating in the Apple podcast sapp. That way 108 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 1: more people discover it. And as always, links to everything 109 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:35,680 Speaker 1: I mentioned here on my website. 110 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 2: Just go to a richontech dot tv. Thanks so much 111 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 2: for listening. I'm Richdmurro. 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