Facebook has today unveiled a new app called Moments from its Creative Labs division that makes it easier to exchange pictures amongst friends who were together at an event or place, all documenting it through their own photos. Here’s how Facebook describes the problem they’re solving:
It’s hard to get the photos your friends have taken of you, and everyone always insists on taking that same group shot with multiple phones to ensure they get a copy. Even if you do end up getting some of your friends’ photos, it’s difficult to keep them all organized in one place on your phone.
Through the use of location and facial-recognition data (both areas where Facebook has invested heavily), Moments groups photos together and then asks if you’d like to share them with the people it has recognized, and vice-versa. It’s very reminiscent of the now-defunct Color, although that app was more real-time and ephemeral (Moments allows you to collect and sync photos with friends after an event is over), and wasn’t integrated closely with Facebook’s 1 billion plus user base.
https://vimeo.com/130380325
It’s available now in the iOS App Store and on Google Play, which is useful in the event that some of your friends are on Android (gasp, I know).
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I just hope they don’t remove photos from the real app now.
Facebook already occupies two apps on my phone. They don’t get a third.
Just because it’s one company it doesn’t mean that everything should be in one icon.
Do you think iOS’ Safari and Messages should be in one app?
Then don’t complain about Facebook.app and FB Messenger.app
Do you think iOS’ Photos and Messages should be in one app?
Then don’t complain about Facebook.app and Moments.app
It’s pretty simple, especially as smaller, secondary features like “Facebook messages” evolve and become larger and almost standalone products.
This app really solves a problem! I hope they make it available soon to more countries since now is US only
Always like this, U.S., the center of the universe.
Am I missing something here, though? You can already easily get all of the photos that people took of you on the main Facebook app as long as they tag you in them.
It would be nice if they told you how to send the photos from your iPad to moments