Facebook for Windows Phone bumped to version 2.5

We have reported in April, that the Facebook team was working on Facebook app for Windows Phone version 2.5 and now after one month after, here comes the much needed update  that implements several new features and improvements. 

Facebook soon will update its Windows Phone app to version 2.5 with many major improvements

Facebook has announced the pending release of a major update of their Windows Phone app.The Facebook team say they have been hard at work to get the new features implemented, and it looks like all the missing features we have longed for are finally coming with the next update.


Facebook say version 2.5 will have the following improvements:

• Threaded messaging
• Full Facebook threaded messaging including group messaging, all in a beautiful Metro style design.
• Tagging
• Now you can tag friends and locations in your posts in the ‘with’ and ‘at’ format.
• Delete posts and comments
• Use the tap and hold context menu to delete posts and comments from your wall.
• Active links in posts
• Tap on links in posts to go directly to the content.
• Updates to the photo comments and likes page
• The photo comments and likes page has been updated to match the posts comments and likes page. You can see a hint of the image at the top of the page, pull down and you can see the whole thing.
• And finally, by popular demand…
• …you can now ‘like’ comments!

Source: Facebook

The official Facebook for Windows Phone is upgraded to version 2.4 with events section added

Recently the official Facebook application for Windows Phone has received an update which improved graphics and new features.

In version 2.3 of the application, developers have mistakenly deleted the Events section that users have reported promptly after installation. Developers via their Facebook page they apologized and promised a new update that will add the missing  events section.

We have just checked and the promised update was available for download from the WP Marketplace and voila the Events section was there.

The application can be downloaded for free from the WP Marketplace

Via Plaffo