Facebook launches Save, a basic pocket competitor found on iOS, Android and the web. Two years after it acquired read-it-later Spool, Facebook now lets users store links from Facebook Pages and News Feeds of places, movies, events, music and TV shows where they can view it later.
For many users, being up to date with their news feeds often feel time-consuming and Facebook just made it easier to them through Save which will roll out to iOS, Android and web users in the next couple of days. No one has that much luxury of time to read all new items on the spot anyway.
The Save concept is similar to Instapaper, Pocket or Readability and other apps that saves content. The difference is that the users will be able to save topics which their friends are talking about such as music and TV shows for them to check out later. This makes it easy to go back to read links that users did not have the time to read on the spot. Saving places also helps users make a list of attractions and restaurants they want to check out while on the go. For busy people who are growing their list of TV shows and movies they still have to watch, Save could help them not to forget.
Though Save is similar to Pocket, it might not be able to replace the full-featured service yet. Unlike Pocket, Facebook does not have offline support and Save is just one of the features under the "More" section of the app and many people might not be able to find it. To use Save, the user has to click it from the options arrow at the right hand corner of every News Feed post.
On the web, the app is displayed on the left sidebar where pages and other sections are. Facebook will show the saved links in a marquee above the News Feed just like how it currently shows other things on mobile.
Facebook is always eager to provide new features and while people may miss or quickly forget their saved items, the company said the users will once in a while see reminders of their saved content popping up in their news feeds.
