But today and it was first posted by the folks at The Verge, Bell’s Chat Head integration with iOS looks to be coming along much faster than many anticipated. Take a look at a hands-on video inside.
Per The Verge:
Chat Heads inhabit a separate layer inside the Facebook app, so it was just a matter of finding that layer and making the rest of the app transparent. “The hardest part was getting this all to render on top of everything else,†Bell says, which means Facebook is always running on your phone.
Even though the Facebook app will be “always running†as a transparent layer, apparently this will have minimal impact on battery life. One thing that Bell’s implementation of Chat Heads can’t do, is integrate with SMS messages like it can on Android. Given the fast turnaround time with this project, though, I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of that happening in the future.
Chat Heads for iOS will be available in the next few days for FREE on Cydia, so keep yourself updated.