Facebook is rolling out an update to mobile users' News Feed, aimed at reducing the 40% of users who abandon sites which take more than three seconds to load, according to a blog post. The new feature will be rolled out in Australia and New Zealand on Friday morning, with other countries following later this week. Facebook also plans to download mobile content before someone with slow or poor network connections clicks a link, to reduce load times.
Facebook is rolling out an update to mobile users' News Feed, aimed at reducing the 40% of users who abandon sites which take more than three seconds to load, according to a blog post. The update, set to slow-launch in the coming months, will weed out slower-loading stories and offer more status updates and links, dependent on users' internet speed and network connection. Facebook also plans to download mobile content before someone with slow or poor network connections clicks a link, to reduce load times.