Facebook has opened the App Center app catalog

Social network number 1 in the world has introduced a new catalog of applications App Center , which was announced around mid-May of this year. This catalog, according to developers, will help users of the social network find the right web applications, or applications for mobile devices. It is clear that everything that is placed in the directory is related to Facebook itself.

On the main page of the App Center, you can see both the applications that the user has already selected and those that the developers of the social network liked (analogous to the “editorial choice” on Google Play). There is also a breakdown of applications into categories, which makes it easier to find what the user needs at the moment. If you wish, you can hide all web applications, leaving only mobile, and vice versa.

The catalog itself is organized somewhat differently than analogues from other companies. As mentioned above, the catalog only facilitates the search for the application that the user needs, but you can’t buy anything directly in the catalog (the purchase is made on the Facebook system, but so far all the payments go to the developers). By the way, if a user logs into the App Center from a mobile device, the directory automatically determines the OS of the mobile device, and shows applications specifically for a particular device.

The App Center has a rating, a description of programs, screenshots, and everything else that users may need. Now the catalog has only a few hundred applications, but it is planned to expand the range to about 4.5 thousand.

Currently, the App Center is available only to Americans, however, in a few days or weeks it will become available to users from other regions.

Via pcmag