Facebook Home finally hit 1 million downloads
The hit the milestone just days after Facebook's director of mobile engineeringtold reporters that
Home had been downloaded "just about" 1 million times. The app's page
was updated Sunday morning to indicate that its download numbers now
fall in the 1 million to 5 million range.While
the social network's software suite for Android achieved its first
500,000 downloads in its first 10 days out in the wild, Facebook Home
took twice as long to log another 500,000 downloads, indicating an
apparent waning demand.The
lackluster download numbers reflect Facebook Home's less-than-stellar
reception. While the suite has been installed nearly 1 million times
since release, the social network itself, however, has more than 1
billion users.Home
has also been collecting negative reviews. The app has been awarded a
cumulative two-star review from the more than 16,000 reviews on its
Google Play page.The
social network released an update to the app it hopes will address some
of those user complaints. In addition to bug fixes, the new version
won't block sideloading, a process for transferring the app from
supported devices to nonsupported devices.
The company's partnership with HTC doesn't seem to have worked out so well either. AT&T is selling the HTC "Facebook phone" for 99 cents, a month after it launched.
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