Facebook launches app for watching its videos on TV

New Delhi: In order to help the its users to watch videos on a bigger screen, Facebook Inc is launching an app for smart Tvs.

The app will roll out soon from app stores for Apple TV, Samsung Smart TV and Amazon Fire TV, the company said in a blogpost on Tuesday. (http://bit.ly/2ldGXoD)

The blogpost also said users can scroll through their news feed and simultaneously watch videos on their timeline.

Sound also fades in and out as one scrolls through videos in news feed now. Videos in news feed have previously played silently — one needed to tap on a video to hear its sound.

The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Facebook was creating an app for TV set-top boxes that would bring the company closer to live video and video advertisements.

With inputs from Reuters