Advertisment

Facebook updates its trending section with new categories

Facebook has now made its trending section more interesting with a new update which has made this section more organized and relevant for the users.

author-image
Sanghamitra Kar
New Update
FB

BANGALORE, INDIA: Facebook has now made its trending section more interesting with a new update which has made this section more organized and relevant for the users.

Advertisment

The new trending update has begun rolling out in the US for the web and Android. The update for iOS devices  and other countries will soon be available, said the company in an official post.

"In January, we introduced Trending to help people discover timely and relevant conversations about the news that they care about.Today, we’re bringing Trending to mobile and making it easy for people to explore stories from different sources. Now, when you tap on a topic in Trending, you’ll see conversations organized in up to five different sections," said the company.

The five sections are :

  • Articles shows you how news organizations are covering the story.
  • In the Story shows you posts from people who are part of the story.
  • Friends and Groups shows you what people in your network are saying.
  • Near the Scene shows you posts from people near where the story is unfolding.
  • Live Feed shows you a real-time stream of reactions from people around the world.

The feed below the new sections will continue to display relevant posts ranked by engagement, timeliness and other factors.

smac