Related Articles
Now playing:
Watch this:
Facebook unveils ‘Home’ for Android
4:06
Facebook’s new Home family of apps might seem like a threat to Google, but Facebook says that actually the opposite is true.
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, speaking during an event today in Menlo Park, Calif., said that “this is really good for Android.”
“Most app developers put most of their efforts on iPhones,” he said. “In a way this can start to bring some of these high quality experiences to Android and that could be good for Android.”
Related stories
- Facebook unveils Home apps for Android
- CNET Editors’ Take: Facebook’s Home
- Pictures: Home for Android
- CNET Editors’ Take: The HTC First
- Pictures: HTC First
- Facebook launches Chat Heads for staying in touch with friends
- Home faces hurdles getting on iOS
He added that while there are not yet ads on Home, there will be, but Facebook wants “to make everything high quality.”
Facebook may not have forked Google’s operating system like Amazon has done, but there’s no denying it’s making some pretty big additions to the traditional Android interface. Users can message with friends and do other tasks seemingly without ever accessing Google’s products.
And while Zuckerberg maintained Home is good for Google, he acknowledged that Facebook actually doesn’t need Google at all to update or implement the Facebook apps. By comparison, to make anything Home-like for Apple devices, Facebook will have to work closely with the company.
“Anything that happens with Apple is going to happen with partnership,” Zuckerberg said. “Google’s Android is open so we don’t have to work with them.”
Facebook announces ‘Home’ for Android (pictures)
+9 more
