Facebook launches enhanced full-screen video player with key upgrades

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Meta will soon introduce an updated mobile video player on Facebook.

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It will bring together longer videos, reels, and live content all in one full-screen portrait-oriented video format to enhance users’ engagement.

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Under the new design, reels, long videos, and Facebook Live will by default be in full-screen, vertically oriented video when you tap on a video anywhere on the Facebook app.

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The full-screen portrait-oriented video format will also have new controls, which the company will roll out over the next few weeks, giving users the power to watch videos however they like.

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Moreover, if you missed a part of the video, Meta now allows users to tap on the video to bring up controls. This control feature enables Facebook users to pause, jump back 10 seconds, and fast-forward through the parts they want to skip.

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Meta also stated that outside of the updated video player, Facebook users would find more relevant video suggestions, regardless of length, on Feed and the Video Tab.

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