Facebook just announced a new app that might replace your current dialer, called Hello. At least, that’s what they want you to do with it bv selling you on its features, which include call blocking, people and place searching, and a caller ID-like functionality that shows you who is calling even if you don’t have the number saved to your phone.
With incoming calls, Facebook can show you information that is being shared via profiles on Facebook, at least that’s my understanding. Chances are that people calling will be sharing some form of information, so this could be a pretty solid and free see-who-is-calling option. With people and places searching, the listings show you numbers, if the person/place has free calling through Messenger, and give you quick access to directions. As for call blocking, a simple button press allows you to block unwanted solicitors.
The app was developed by the Facebook Creative Labs and Messenger teams and is technically only in a testing phase. This isn’t a beta, though, anyone can download it and start using it.
Give it a look, assuming you feel like attaching your life to Facebook. We’ll be giving it a look today.
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cool idea kinda….too much blue…and id worry about performance…i feel like dialer replacements would bog down your device or have performance issues? or i could be wrong since ive never used one
Any apk link download ?? US only ?
I’m from srilanka & using samsung s5 and it works fine for me.. I found this article helpful which have step by step tutorial with screen shots to install the Hello dialer app http://techsharez.com/?p=697
Best Regards..
Damn next they will have a web browser so you will have a full Facebook phone I don’t trust that…..
Thanks, but no thanks… I will stick with my unlimited data plan on Verizon.
Huh?
Oops… this was supposed to be a post on the Google Fi story. D’OH!!!
Someone didn’t read the title
The annoying thing about this is that whenever you receive a call, you have to first swipe up, then depending on which Android version you’re using, swipe left/right or tap a button to take or dismiss the call. Who has the time to do that?
hell no. I am already pissed about the persistence Facebook is asking to know your phone number, I won’t let them know who am I calling too.
Meh I like ExDialer
Will it be better than the native dialer (Google Voice) Nexus 5
Also will it have Caller ID
No.
Looks clean, will check out and see what it’s like.
Agreed, the design is really nice. Wish FB would sync with existing google contacts though.
give HaxSync a try, i’ve been using that for years and it works very well.
Thanks, I’ll give it a shot. Do contact pictures actually get updated in Google from Facebook?
Yes, they do! You have a lot of granular control over that kind of stuff
So. Much. Blue.
thats my only beef with it actually lol
I like blue, but hot dam.
I’mma let you finish Facebook but Ready has the best replacement dialer out on the market! (drops mic) And once again all Android phones should come with the Google dialer smfh Google….
Does this dialer let me see who’s calling even if I don’t have their number?
If they have a profile on Facebook and provided their phone number on it, then yes.
This is actually quite intriguing. It would be nice to have all the info when someone calls, especially from a small business owners perspective. The feature to quickly look places up seem handy too. I won’t be the first to try it, but I’ll keep an eye on it for sure.
Just keeps crashing…. cant even login
…because Facebook is known for respecting our privacy, right?
I’ll pass.
You do know, most of it is what people type in themselves, right?
That doesn’t mean they want it re-shared. I have my profile set up exactly how I want it — e.g. the city I live in is public, but only friends get to see my contact information. How do I know FB won’t re-share my phone number anyway?
i guess it’s time to abandon the Internet.
hah…this guy gets it
Well, with at logic how can you participate in any online activity or transaction?
If you’re worried about privacy I’d avoid the Internet as a whole.
Facebook does have pretty good privacy controls. The problem is two fold however:
1. People do not take 5 minutes to set them up.
2. People forget to change the “Who should see this” option that is on the post form.
The power is there. People just need to be aware they do have control. On Facebook’s side, they should also strive to making privacy controls get better and better over time.
you gloss over a lot of privacy concerns ppl have with facebook my friend. like how they stake a claim to own everything you post on their platform, from your images to your thoughts. they further reserve the right to monetize your posts, images and thoughts in any manner they see fit. like how it monetizes video ads and forces you to watch (bandwidth be damned) them by autoplaying them. like how it has questionable censorship standards (mostly pertaining to instagram) which are not uniformly enforced
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Facebook does have an option to disable auto-playing videos. The problem is that people have to manually opt-out. This should have been an opt-in feature.
On the topic of monetizing off of your posts, did you actually read their terms of service? See here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
People still use Facebook?
ikr. Mostly older people now though.
Everyone I know, just about.
Well it’s not Google +, that’s for sure
people with social lives..yes…stay in your cave
Nope
Yeah I don’t like seeing who’s calling me either. Keeps it mysterious.
I simply ignore all numbers that I don’t recognize. If it’s important, they will leave a message. If not, it wasn’t worth wasting my time answering the call.
The way nature intended.