Could Apple attempt to compete with Facebook Home in iOS 7?

[TheAppleFairy]

If you don't use FB, why would you install it

OK, so Facebook Home is just an App? Facebook is already integrated within the OS of iOS 6. I thought the OP was asking about integration with iOS 7. Not installing apps.

If it's not part of the OS, then I agree with you. If it's part of the OS it's taking up precious limited internal memory space. Like the FB and twitter integration is now.

 

[paulsalter]

OK, so Facebook Home is just an App? Facebook is already integrated within the OS of iOS 6. I thought the OP was asking about integration with iOS 7. Not installing apps.

If it's not part of the OS, then I agree with you. If it's part of the OS it's taking up precious limited internal memory space. Like the FB and twitter integration is now.

From what I can see FB Home is a replacement launcher (so yes, really just an app)

Very easily ignored, but I am interested in installing just to see how it works, but will not keep it

 

[Stuntman06]

I'm switching back to iOS just so I never have to see Facebook Home ever.

Or, you can just not install it.

If you don't use FB, wouldn't it be considered bloatware?

On Android, you have to install it. If Apple does something like this, I'm not sure exactly how they would do it. Due to the closed nature of iOS, they may have to integrate it into iOS some how. It's like when Apple announced Facebook integration into iOS some time ago. They had to integrate it in because iOS is rather restrictive and would probably not allow such tight integration without baking some of it into the OS. On Android, there is no need to because Android has mechanisms that already allow sharing between apps, so apps just have to take advantage of it instead of waiting for Android to bake it into the OS.

 

[TheAppleFairy]

Or, you can just not install it.



On Android, you have to install it. If Apple does something like this, I'm not sure exactly how they would do it. Due to the closed nature of iOS, they may have to integrate it into iOS some how. It's like when Apple announced Facebook integration into iOS some time ago. They had to integrate it in because iOS is rather restrictive and would probably not allow such tight integration without baking some of it into the OS. On Android, there is no need to because Android has mechanisms that already allow sharing between apps, so apps just have to take advantage of it instead of waiting for Android to bake it into the OS.

That's kind of what I got from what I read, that it has to be integrated. I guess we'll wait and see what happens.

 

[Kashsystems]

Facebook themselves have stated the reason why Facebook Home is on Android is because the Android OS has the openness to allow this. The only way I can see this ever happening on the iPhone is if Apple decides to purchase the company.

 

[sk1wbw]

From what it looks like, Facebook Home is a screen with a bunch of apps on it. Hardly anything to try to compete against, since you can access Facebook with the existing app icon, right?

 

[b166er]

This thread is kind of sloppy because a lot of people on here don't know what a launcher is. The bottom line is, this isn't being forced on anyone from any platform. It's an option, and furthermore it's one you'll have to install in the first place.

As far as Apple doing it? No. They played nice with FB long enough to get the integration into iOS and I think that's as far as it goes. As far as the "social center" idea for an Apple app- there are third party apps that already organize your multiple networks into one feed.

iOS 7 is probably going to look exactly like iOS 6. Apple has of course made changes to iOS over the years, but the tend to keep the actual image of iOS very consistent. I'm all for some major tweaks, but if they ever actually do it, I'm sure it will all be gesture based and keep the actual UI and image the same.

 

[TheMTtakeover]

This thread is kind of sloppy because a lot of people on here don't know what a launcher is.

Haha. I was thinking the same as I was reading through these comments.

 

[SomeDudeAsking]

Haha. I was thinking the same as I was reading through these comments.

Too many Apple users here who haven't even used an alternate launcher before because they can't and are confused about what Facebook Home is seeing as they think they get the same experience using the regular Facebook app.

 

[adder7712]

They couldn't even get the app right so I couldn't be bothered.

 

[onthecouchagain]

Has this been posted yet? It's really worth watching. In short, yes, iOS should become more like OSX (not the other way around!). Even if iOS 7 has half of these things, it would be a big deal.

 

[Stuntman06]

They couldn't even get the app right so I couldn't be bothered.

I'm still waiting for FB to make their app not suck in landscape mode and on tablets.

Has this been posted yet? It's really worth watching. In short, yes, iOS should become more like OSX (not the other way around!). Even if iOS 7 has half of these things, it would be a big deal.

YouTube: video

I am not impressed with the widgets. They don't look like widgets to me. They look like apps that when you open them, they don't take up the whole screen. You still have to tap on the app icon before you can do anything or get any information more useful than a number representing the number of notifications.