F8 2018, day 1: Everything Facebook just announced
Oculus Go VR, Clear History, better Instagram and WhatsApp features, and new ways to date on Facebook. Here's everything that was just announced at F8.
Better privacy tools, new features for WhatsApp and Instagram, and a new sub-$200 VR headset were just some of the new initiatives that shared the stage during the first day of Facebook's F8 developers conference.
Here's a recap of everything that was announced on day 1 at F8:
- Facebook's Zuckerberg unveils privacy tool 'clear history' ahead of F8
- Zuckerberg talks privacy efforts at Facebook conference
- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at F8: 'This has been an intense year'
- Facebook announces a new dating app feature to take on Tinder
- Facebook wants people to make more realistic AR experiences
- Facebook is building a virtual memory palace out of your photos
- Instagram adds Spotify, GoPro integration, video chat, AR camera effects
- Instagram wants to keep bullies out of its comments
- Facebook Messenger wants to lure shoppers with real-time translation, AR
- Facebook Marketplace is used in 70 countries, by 800 million people monthly
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- Oculus Go review: Portable VR for just $199, no strings attached
- Oculus Go has arrived: Facebook's portable VR system breaks the $200 barrier
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- WhatsApp founder to depart after reported spat with Facebook over security
- CEO Mark Zuckerberg says it'll take three years to 'fix' Facebook
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