Facebook to bring improved news feed for slower internet connections, offline comments

Facebook has been making improvement to its mobile to enhance user experience from time to time. The social network is improving its News Feed in order to have it work smoothly even on slower connections on mobile devices.

With the latest update, News Feed will load stories faster on mobile device with slow or no internet connection. When the data connection is good, Facebook will periodically retrieve new content to keep the News Feed upto date. You will also be able to download the stories for quick loading. Facebook stated that it is also testing an update, in which all the previously downloaded stories present on your phone that you have not viewed will be ranked based on their relevence.
  
“Our mission with News Feed is to connect people with the stories that matter most to them, but if people's News Feeds aren't loading because of poor internet connections, we can't show them the most relevant stories. People are coming online at a staggering rate in emerging markets, and in most cases they're doing so on mobile via 2G connections. To improve News Feed so it works seamlessly and quickly for people in all parts of the world, we're focused on designing it to operate well regardless of device or network connection,” Facebook said in the blog post.

In addition, Facebook is also bringing an offline feature to its Android app. Now you can comment on a post even when you don't have internet connection and they will appear on the comment box, once you get back to internet connection. The ability to like and share posts offline are already available on Facebook.

These changes should  help users who are on poor connection such as 2G to engage better with the content on the social network.