Facebook’s Notify app shows you the latest news on your lock screen

Facebook has a new app called Notify that is designed to show you the latest news. You subscribe to your favorite stations and are updated with news right away on your lock screen.

To make this possible, Facebook has partnered with over 70 media outlets, but that list will keep growing. Some of the media outlets that will provide content are: Discovery, Fox News, The New York times, History, Vice, and many more.

The way it works is by picking your favorite subjects then receiving notifications about those topics. It is similar to Flipboard in this regard, but different because the notifications that you receive are basically headlines that come directly to your lock screen for easy viewing. Notify will also give you suggestions as to what stations you may be interested in based on your Facebook profile.

After you receive a notification, you have the option of swiping or tapping it to learn more about the full story. Also, if you like a story and want to save it for later, literally a simple swipe will add it to your saved notifications list.

You may be noticing that all the pictures used in this article are showing an iPhone. That is because Notify is only for iOS currently. However, Facebook is a huge company and we would assume they are working on an Android version as we speak.

Source: Facebook

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