Earlier today
Facebook launched their first
camera app,
Facebook camera, which comes straight of the back of the company's acquisition of (the AWESOME!)
Instagram. We have
download Facebook camera, given it a whirl, like it BUT... Instagram is better for one simple reason!So
Facebook camera is now
available for all those with a
Facebook account and either an
Android or
iOS phone or tablet. The
free application offers users the ability to add their latest
photos to their
Facebook timelines with a simple press of a button, as does Instagram, and even offers Instagram like filters.
Unlike Instagram however the
Facebook camera application allows
us to tag the people in our
photos and tag other users involved in a photo making
Facebook camera instantly better as a
social image sharing application!
The
user interface is fantastic too with all menus,
photos and albums just a simple slide of the finger away! Plus you have the option to easily crop
photos before adding filters!
Speaking for filters though, the ones available on the current version of Facebook Camera aren't quite up to the standard or choice of those found in Instagram, and the lack framing options might bother some users.
However the one single upsetting feature of the
Facebook Camera application, the one single annoyance which will prevent
us from using it instead of Instagram (which has already taken the place of the default
camera app on our iPhones), and the single problem which will ultimately ensure it will be deleted is....... you have to use a
VPN for it to work in
China!
Yes, that's it ! (if your reading this in a country outside of China Facebook Camera is the bomb by the way totally download it!) but for us in China having to use a VPN to update our Facebook photos on the fly is a little tedious and a problem with Instagram doesn't face!