Description
This app gives you a dedicated space for you and your groups.
See all of your Facebook groups in one place. Discuss, plan and collaborate easily and without distractions. Follow your groups here or on Facebook, whichever is easier for you.
• Create a group for just about anything
• Share information, post photos and links, and stay in touch
• Discover and join new groups for whatever you’re into
• Keep up with groups you manage
Facebook groups are great for ...
• Family & Friends—share photos, organize vacations
• Teams & Clubs—post updates and schedules
• Organizations—make decisions, plan events
• School & Work—collaborate on projects, distribute notes
What's New in Version 48.0
We've made a few updates to make Facebook Groups faster, more reliable and easier to use.
Customer Reviews
Could easily be five star!!
I haven't used my regular Facebook in quite some time. The only thing I missed from Facebook was my groups and being able to shop, etc. So when I found this app I was ecstatic!! Now I am able to still be involved with my groups without having the traditional newsfeed of Facebook! Two features I would like to see come out of this app: 1) I know there is group chat but I'd like to have a way to pm someone in one of my groups without having to have the traditional Facebook messenger to where anyone can message you and vice versa; and 2) (most importantly) to be able to participate in live realtime videos!!! Most of my shopping on Groups is LulaRoe and my consultants host live sales a lot. I can see the video but it's like watching a video that isn't live, I can't comment "sold" etc. without having to stop the video and go back to the comments nor can I see the realtime likes and comments as you normally would on Facebook. From my understanding , the host of the live video cannot see that I've joined either. In summary, it'd be SO nice to have the full features and use of FB Live within the groups app! If the two features above were added here, this app would get more than a five star rating from me!!!
So far so good but
I have only used this app for about a half hour and it seems like the functions all work fine. I'm pleased with the layout and concept. But I have one major suggestion that would be a game changer. There needs to be an option to have the groups be only accessible from the groups app. I want to have all my updates and uses of the groups be the same but only from the app and have them not show up on my personal newsfeed. I am very active in many many groups and want to see the activity from those groups but it takes over my newsfeed and I would like to see more of the posts from my friends and family and not miss out on so much. If there was an option for the groups to stay only in the app that can be turned on and off to suit the user that would be fantastic. And as time goes on you would be able to see how many people would use that option and if it would be beneficial for it to be like the functionality of the messenger app is now. I appreciate you taking your time to consider this change and hope that it can become a reality in the very near future. Thank you and good luck.
Keep the keyboard on the screen
I love using this app to stay on top of my group's comments but there is one thing that drives me crazy every time I use it. When typing a word into the text field that the app thinks is a person's name, the app pulls up a list of potential people to choose from (similar to the way the main Facebook app works). But when doing this, the app completely removes the keyboard and drops the text field to the very bottom of the screen, all without warning. As a result, my attempt to complete the word I'm typing turns into me either inadvertently tapping on a person's name, or tapping the empty space on the screen (which brings the keyboard back only until I tap in the text field again to correct the mistake). And given that the keyboard appears and goes away, it's not easy to delete or fix the word in the text field. Please change this execution so that the keyboard and text field stay put when the app thinks a person's name is being added. This is my only issue with the app (although a big one). Everything else is great.
- Free
- Category: Social Networking
- Updated: Oct 03, 2016
- Version: 48.0
- Size: 192 MB
- Languages: English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Seller: Facebook, Inc.
- © Facebook, Inc.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.