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Facebook has a knack for taking its time when it comes to its Android app, but at least it looks like the social networking giant is at least toying around with the idea of implementing a Material Design-like UI.
According to Android Police, and citing several individuals who have reportedly received the update to the app, Facebook is testing out a new design for the standard Facebook app that looks to draw plenty of inspiration from Google’s Material Design aesthetic. It’s not entirely MD-based, with a few aspects missing, but it does look more in line with the new user interface of Android in general now.
More than that, though, there’s a new floating action bar that hovers in the bottom-right of the display, which, when selected, brings up a wide assortment of options to choose from, including publishing a new status update.
Unfortunately, as noted in the original report, there’s no telling if Facebook actually plans on releasing this particular update, or if this is just a testing run that won’t lead into anything official.
What do you think of the new design?
[via Android Police]
