Facebook to come up with new phone software?

by news
March 25, 2015

California: The Press has been invited to the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California to show off a new Android-based product. The invitations to the April 4 event via e-mail, reveal only that the company will be showing off its “new home on Android.” But rumors are beginning to fly about what Facebook might announce.

TechCrunch reported that Facebook will unveil phone software based on Google’s Android operating system. The software will have “extra Facebook functionality built in.” According to the report, the phone software will run on hardware made by HTC.

According to 9to5Google, the two companies have been working on a marketing campaign for the phone. HTC, a Taiwanese phone maker, released The Status in 2011, an Android phone that had Facebook branding and specialized Facebook software. The phone wasn’t marketed by Facebook and received poor reviews. The company recently announced its new HTC One Android phone.