Facebook will roll out its dark mode feature to the majority of users from today.<\/p>\n
The feature has been available to a limited number of users since January as part of Facebook’s plan to test and refine the new design.<\/p>\n
“Starting today, the majority of people on Facebook will have access to the new desktop design,” Facebook confirmed to TechCrunch<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Users will receive a notification asking them if they would like to try the redesign. They will also be able to activate the new Facebook design by clicking on the “Settings” drop-down arrow and selecting “See New Facebook.”<\/p>\n There will then be an option in the same drop-down menu which will allow users to switch been dark mode and the traditional colour scheme.<\/p>\n To deactivate the new design, users can navigate to the same menu and select “Switch to Classic Facebook.”<\/p>\n The new dark mode is part of a wider Facebook redesign that the company announced last year and began testing in October.<\/p>\n Another primary feature that Facebook has included in its redesign is a tabbed home screen which makes it easier to navigate between Groups, Marketplace, Watch, and other categories.<\/p>\n These sections are now found as small icons in the top bar of the social media platform, as well as in their traditional position in the left sidebar.<\/p>\n Facebook has also made it easier to create Events, Pages, Groups, and more on the home page – and users will be able to see a preview of how these will look on mobile.<\/p>\n Facebook recently announced<\/strong><\/a> it will place coronavirus news at the top of users’ feeds from reliable sources such as the WHO in an attempt to fight against the spread of fake news.<\/p>\n This feature is expected to be implemented today and will include content by academics and celebrities.<\/p>\n It will include tips and best practices from the WHO and other health organisations, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.<\/p>\n WhatsApp has also launched a coronavirus information page<\/strong><\/a> for health workers, educators, and local governments with information about how best to use the platform during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n Facebook will roll out its dark mode feature to the majority of users from today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341039,"featured_media":343667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[42606,161,1767,2594],"class_list":["post-343637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-dark-mode","tag-facebook","tag-mark-zuckerberg","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343637"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Other changes<\/h3>\n
Facebook to share coronavirus news<\/h3>\n
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