Facebook starts rolling out Instant Articles to iPhone finally

Facebook has announced that everyone using Facebook for iPhone app will be able to read thousands of Instant Articles right from their News Feed

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Facebook has announced that it is rolling out Instant Articles for Facebook users on iPhone (Source: Faecbook)

Facebook has announced that everyone using Facebook for iPhone app will be able to read thousands of Instant Articles right from their News Feed. The Instant Articles will be indicated by a lightning bolt indicator at the top right corner of some stories.

Facebook says these Instant Articles will load ten times faster than a standard mobile web article. Facebook’s Instant Articles are currently available from The New York Times, National Geographic, BuzzFeed, NBC News, The Atlantic, Slate, The Washington Post, Vox Media etc.

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The Instant Articles experience is seemless for readers. The enhanced reading experience is automatically displayed if an Instant Article version is available. As Facebook explains, “Instant Articles are simply the articles already in your Facebook News Feed, made faster and more beautiful.”

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Facebook had initially started beta testing Instant Articles on Facebook for iPhone with a small group of people for few months. Today it is rolling out to all Facebook users on iPhone.

Don’t be disappointed Android users, Facebook has started beta testing the feature starting this week and the Instant Articles for Android will launch later this year.

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