Facebook shakes up video features and launches new TV app

Social media giant Facebook has announced it is introducing a raft of new video functions, including automatic sound on videos which were previously muted in users’ News Feeds.

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Coinciding with the video sound update is the launch of Facebook’s video app for TV which will roll out in app stores for Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and Samsung Smart TV.

In a statement on its corporate website, Facebook said the app was an extension of last year’s move to enable users to stream videos from the social media site to their TVs.

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