Facebook v1.8 Hits BlackBerry Beta Zone for Selected Testers

We were tipped that selected people have been invited to beta test Facebook app v1.8 from the BlackBerry Beta Zone. Version 1.8.0 is in fact a maintenance release, and focuses mainly on enhancing the performance of the already existing application, including speed improvements for loading photos, friends list and the News Feed.


Below is a list of the new features and enhancements that have been implemented in Facebook® v1.8.0:

• Notifications: You can now receive Facebook® notifications without associating an email address with your BlackBerry® device.
• Notification Email Messages: You can now stop receiving Facebook® email notifications that are sent to the email address that you specified in your Facebook® account.
• Friend List Performance Enhancements: The friend list should now load faster.
• Photo Performance Enhancements: Photos and photo albums should now load faster, and photo thumbnails are now larger.

The following is a list of all the issues that have been fixed since the in-market version of Facebook® for BlackBerry® smartphones:

• You can now use shortcut keys when using the Korean version of Facebook® for BlackBerry® smartphones.
• Previously, if you were using your device in German, Indonesian, or Dutch, some commands might not have been translated correctly.
• You can now log into the Facebook® application when you attempt to compose a Facebook® message from the Messages application.

Here is a video to show its upgraded speed: