Facebook app for BlackBerry 10 gets new features

Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry just rolled out a new version of its Facebook BB 10 app, bringing the latest iteration one step closer to its Android and iOS counterparts. This is the second major update in the past couple of months.

The new Facebook app for BlackBerry 10, now at version 10.2.0, focuses on design and functionality improvements. In the former department, the app sports a new "refined" look for the newsfeed, adding a couple visual tweaks. The most noteworthy enhancements, however, are related to photo management and tagging.

The latest update introduces the ability to create a picture album from the Photos page and upload content to a specific album. Both of these features are already present in the Facebook-developed app on Android and iOS as well as on its Microsoft-coded Windows Phone counterpart.

The app also allows users to easily switch between photos and albums and tag uploaded pictures from a BlackBerry Z10 or BlackBerry Q10. The latest update is compatible with the BlackBerry 10.1 operating system.

Facebook is available to download from BlackBerry World.