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Watch Together allows users to watch videos, TV shows, and movies with their friends. And users can moderate their chats with delivery controls. Thomas Barwick/Getty Images Facebook

Bringing together coworkers through VR Facebookintroduced a virtual workspace experienceon Thursday called Horizon Workrooms. Users can create their own avatar to join a virtual room or connect from their computer via video call. Horizon Workrooms is available and free to download as of Thursday. Facebook

The company brings up the example of a roller coaster. The data Facebook has collected will be publicly available for researchers in November. PeopleImages/Getty Images

Facebook The Portal Go is the first of the lineup to come with a portable battery. It also follows the user by zooming and panning in and out as they move around. The display is an adaptive screen that matches the color and lighting of the room it’s placed in. Facebook The service is currently in beta. The Portal Go and Portal Plus retail for $199 and $349, respectively. Theyre available for pre-order now and start shipping October 19....

Why do you care: Current quarantine restrictions have a ton of us staying at and working from home. Via:TechSpot Learn More About Facebook Messenger Original Image by: Pixabay

Using a web app skirts around App Store restrictions, but is less user-friendly After some tension with Apple, Facebook has launched its Facebook Gaming service for iOS devices, via a web app users will have to access through a web app. Facebook previouslyran into some troublewhen attempting to bring its Facebook Gaming app to iOS devices, but has been able to sidestep the App Store’s restrictions via its web app.The web app, which can be accessed through an iOS equipment’s web client, allows users to experience a number of free and free-to-play games without the need to download anything....

This just makes for a better, more immersive VR experience. We’re basically seeing a shift to more capable standalone headsets like this. AsThe Vergenotes, phone-based VR is all but dead. Getty Images That is, if you’re free to find one. Learn More About VR Lifewire / Lance Ulanoff

Facebookpushed out its mobile gaming app to Android, making it available to users much earlier than expected. Why gaming?TheTimesnotes that Facebook claims 700 million monthly users are already “engaged with gaming content.” Learn More About Game Streaming Original image: Geeky

Many have continued to look for ways to adjust their feeds into something more relevant to their interests. Or at least something that lets themsee what their friends are posting. But now chronological feedsare finally backsort of. franckreporter / Getty Images And with no promoted posts, according to Facebook. There doesn’t appear to be a way to make your choice of feed options the default view. Facebook

The social networkannounced the upcoming updates to Groupsduring the Facebook Communities Summit on Thursday. Facebook also announced a new test rolling out that would create subgroups within the main group. Admins also can raise money in a group in various ways. Facebook Admins of Pages will also be able to take advantage of the moderation tools that Groups have today. Facebook

Ray-Ban Stories also can pair with the Facebook ViewiOSorAndroidapp to make content sharing easier. It’s also installed a power switch that will deactivate the cameras and microphones. And if you use Facebook Assistant for voice commands, your voice logs also are archived by default. Luxottica Group S.p.A / Facebook There’s also an option to add prescription lenses, if needed. Luxottica Group S.p.A / Facebook

the company’s technology communications manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Right now, Live Audio Rooms are only rolling out to certain people on the social media platform. Any verified public figure or creator can host one; Facebook Groups can create them as well. Caiaimage/Paul Bradbury/Getty Images Caiaimage/Paul Bradbury/Getty Images Facebook began testing the Live Audio Rooms feature in June. Then, there are Facebook’s issues with rampant misinformation on its platform....

We’re announcing on Wednesday the largest voting information campaign in American history. Our goal is to help 4 million people register to vote." It will include posts from regional election officials to help you understand the process on a local level. Facebook It will show up at the top of your news feed and on Instagram. “Finally, we remain committed to giving everyone a voice. Learn More About Facebook