Facebook wants to be so much more than just a social web app . It desire to be your go - to SMS withMessenger . It want to be a Reddit replacement withRooms . you could even overlay Android withFacebook Home . Nowyour dialer is in Zuck ’s crosshairs .
The screenshot above is courtesy of David Ruddock atAndroid Police , who first reported the “ oopsie ” that some poor railroad engineer is in all probability getting scolded for about now , and that ’s middling much all the selective information we have so far on the new “ Phone ” app .
speech sound will automatically block calls from commonly blocked numbers and serve up caller info . Sure , make sense . Facebook has a bull - ton of users who have their number draw up in their accounts in some way , so even if you ’ve never speak to the person , Phone could theoretically tell you who ’s calling .
Messenger can also also do voice calls , but it ’s on a Messenger - to - Messenger basis , where Phone seems like a inspection and repair wedged between carriers and you . Like Facebook Home , the app will most in all likelihood be an Android - only affair , considering Apple ’s unsympathetic ecosystem only let you choose between its stock dialer and … no wait , just the livestock dialer . And let ’s be real , Facebook will most likely be anonymizing your data for marketing purposes because that ’s the existence we live in .
Even though the world universally rejected Facebook ’s endeavor tobe your phone , that does n’t mean Mark Zuckerberg and co are give up . They ’re just taking a unlike approaching — one new app at a time .
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