Facebook Home Now Available [Video]

Great news for some people, Facebook home has just landed on Android devices, so right now Facebook made a new video entitled: “Facebook Home: First Look” highlighting some of the features of its controversial new UI overlay. A first-look clip, included right past the break, has Facebook’s Product Director Adam Mosseri discussing Chat Heads, Cover Feed and nice gestures and animations which let you stay on top of what your Facebook friends have been up to, no matter what app you happen to be using at any given moment…

If you’ve been living under a rock for awhile, Facebook Home installs as the new default launcher and replaces your phone’s Lock screen, is designed to “shift your focus away from tasks and apps” towards updates from your friends. Initially, it will show you stories, status updates, photos, shares and likes, with “more and more stuff to come.”

You will be able to quickly navigate through the stories, which are laid out full screen on the Lock screen. Double tap the ones you like to ‘like’ them on Facebook. To zoom out of an image, just tap and hold. Chat Heads, “a better way to message and SMS your friends,” puts profile pictures of the people you interact with inside circles akin to Google+.

You can move Chat Heads around as they’ll stay active not only on your Cover Feed, but also overlaid on top of your currently active app. Tap and hold on the circle to reveal additional options or swipe it down to make it go away.

Facebook Home can be downloaded free right from Google’s Play Store.

To learn more about Facebook Home, visit the official web page.