WEBVTT - New Features Coming to Facebook & Instagram

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<v Speaker 1>New features are coming to Facebook and Instagram.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Rich Demiro. This is Rich on Tech Daily.

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook is holding its annual Faight Developers conference this week

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<v Speaker 1>near San Francisco, and they announced a bunch of new

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<v Speaker 1>features and products for all of their brands, including Facebook, Instagram,

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<v Speaker 1>Whatsappened Oculus. I'm going to go over the biggest things

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<v Speaker 1>coming to Facebook and Instagram, which are two of the

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<v Speaker 1>most popular apps.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's start with Facebook.

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<v Speaker 1>The two biggest announcements have to do with dating and

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<v Speaker 1>the ability to clear out your Facebook history. Now I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not talking about your search history, but this is all

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<v Speaker 1>the stuff that Facebook collects about you as you browse

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<v Speaker 1>the web and use their website. The feature is called

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<v Speaker 1>clear History. It's kind of like erasing your web browser.

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<v Speaker 1>But it really has to do with all the websites

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<v Speaker 1>and apps that send information to Facebook when you use them,

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<v Speaker 1>and spoiler alert, it's pretty much all of them. You

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<v Speaker 1>can delete the information after you see it, or you

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<v Speaker 1>can even turn off collection of this and going forward. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>keep in mind this is not going to be an

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<v Speaker 1>easy process. Well, it might be easy to turn it off,

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<v Speaker 1>but once you do, Facebook kind of hinted that it

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<v Speaker 1>might not be so simple to use the Facebook login

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<v Speaker 1>option for websites after this.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, your data is still.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to be collected, it's just done so in a

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<v Speaker 1>more anonymous way. So we'll have to keep an eye

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<v Speaker 1>on this one because the feature is not available just yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of curious to see how this will be

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<v Speaker 1>implemented and whether it's useful or kind of frustrating.

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<v Speaker 2>Dating is the next.

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<v Speaker 1>Big thing Facebook's going to build into their app, and

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<v Speaker 1>this makes a ton of sense. Facebook has so much

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<v Speaker 1>data on people. I think some people might be hesitant

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<v Speaker 1>to use it at first because they might want to

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<v Speaker 1>keep their dating life separate from their Facebook life. But

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<v Speaker 1>then again, this might really forward some pretty interesting connections.

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook knows all about you, they know all about your

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<v Speaker 1>friends and everyone on there, and they also know who

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<v Speaker 1>you stalk on there. Now, the dating part of Facebook's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a separate section of the app, so

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to have to create a new profile to

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<v Speaker 1>use it. Facebook's going to recommend matches based on your

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<v Speaker 1>dating preferences, the things you both have in common, and

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<v Speaker 1>also your mutual friends. They are not going to recommend

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<v Speaker 1>people that you're already friends with and dating profiles are

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<v Speaker 1>only going to.

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<v Speaker 2>Show first names. One more thing to know.

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<v Speaker 1>Dating messages will be sent through a special inbox, and

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<v Speaker 1>if you're chatting with someone for the first time, you

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<v Speaker 1>will not be able to exchange links or photos.

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<v Speaker 2>That's probably pretty smart all right.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, on to Instagram, so many new features here too.

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<v Speaker 1>For starters, Instagram is getting video chat now. This is

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<v Speaker 1>different from the live video function that you're familiar with.

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<v Speaker 1>This is more like FaceTime, but with your Instagram friends.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all private. But the cool part is that you'll

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<v Speaker 1>be able to video chat with one person or several

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<v Speaker 1>people at once, and you can also minimize the video

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<v Speaker 1>and you can still browse around on Instagram while you're

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<v Speaker 1>talking to your friends. So this definitely appeals to our

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<v Speaker 1>ever shortening attention spans. Look for this feature to come

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<v Speaker 1>to Instagram in the next few weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>And I have to say.

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram is slowly but surely becoming a really nice way

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<v Speaker 1>to get in touch with everyone because guess what, everyone

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<v Speaker 1>is on there. It's kind of like secondary to text messaging.

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<v Speaker 1>I find myself doing more direct messages on Instagram because

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<v Speaker 1>all your friends are on there. It doesn't matter if

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<v Speaker 1>they're on iOS or Android. And now with video chat

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<v Speaker 1>thrown into the mix, this is going to be pretty interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>very useful.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Also on Instagram, they're adding a new Explore page, so

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<v Speaker 1>it's going to show groups of things that you might

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<v Speaker 1>be interested in, like hashtags of dogs, travel or architecture.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's also going to be some new ways to

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<v Speaker 1>share to Instagram Stories right from popular apps.

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<v Speaker 2>They mentioned Spotify and go Pro at first. Now here's

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<v Speaker 2>the thing.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have an Android phone, this functionality is sort

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<v Speaker 1>of already there, or at least it is on my Pixel.

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<v Speaker 1>Perhaps it was something Instagram was testing, but I found

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<v Speaker 1>it really useful to be able to share photos from

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<v Speaker 1>my gallery right to Instagram Stories as opposed to taking

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<v Speaker 1>them with the camera inside Instagram Stories.

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<v Speaker 2>See the difference.

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<v Speaker 1>So I can see this feature getting very popular as

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<v Speaker 1>more and more apps lets you share right to your

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<v Speaker 1>story from the apps and you don't have to connect

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<v Speaker 1>them at all. It just sort of happens through the app.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, let's say you're listening to music on Spotify

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<v Speaker 1>and you want to share this to Instagram Stories right now.

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<v Speaker 1>You'd have to take a screenshot and Spotify, then go

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<v Speaker 1>over open Instagram, go to your stories, import that picture

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<v Speaker 1>right on it and then share it. The new feature

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<v Speaker 1>would just let you share right from Spotify, so that's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty cool. There you have it, just a few of

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<v Speaker 1>the things coming soon to Facebook and Instagram. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>know what you think on Twitter I'm at rich Demurro

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<v Speaker 1>or on Instagram at rich on tech. Remember many of

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<v Speaker 1>these features are coming soon, so they might.

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<v Speaker 2>Not be available just yet, but be on the lookout

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<v Speaker 2>for them.

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