Facebook finally adds video controls like a slide bar

The craze round Fb Stay is likely to be a factor of the previous, however Meta continues to be making an attempt to make the platform video-friendly. The corporate has introduced a new video player for uniformly displaying Reels, longer content material and Stay movies on the Fb app.

One of many greatest shifts is that each one of Facebook’s videos will now seem full-screen — even landscape-oriented ones. Movies will routinely play vertically, however now you can flip your telephone on its aspect to observe most horizontal content material throughout your complete machine.

Like many movies on TikTok, Facebook will now supply a slider on the backside of the display, letting you rapidly transfer by means of the video. The replace additionally brings a number of the similar options streamers like Netflix supply of their apps, akin to the choice to leap ahead or backward by 10 seconds. Meta claims that you’ll now get “more relevant video recommendations” of all lengths showing on the video tab and in your feed. The corporate may even be rising the variety of Reels proven on Fb.

The video participant is rolling out now to Android and iOS customers in the USA and Canada, with the brand new controls launching within the subsequent few weeks. Your entire replace must be accessible globally within the coming months.