Good news, Android fans: You can now install Facebook Home on your device — provided it’s running Android 4.0 or higher — whether it’s officially supported or not.
Facebook Home was released last month to lots of fanfare but with limited device support. A month and nearly a million downloads later, Facebook Home is available on more phones. At least, on an unofficial basis.
Users who don’t have an HTC One X, HTC One, HTC First, Galaxy S III or Galaxy Note II still can’t download the app from Google Play, but if you manage to sideload the app, it will work.
While I was setting up an AT&T variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 today, I noticed that Facebook Home finally worked on the device, albeit with a warning that I might not get “the best experience.” The Galaxy S4 is supposed to get official Facebook Home support, so at first I thought this might just be a fluke.
Curious, I tested Facebook Home on my Nexus 4 and was happy to see that it was also working — with the same warning — on the stock Android device.
Perusing the web, we found that our friends at Android Central came to the same conclusion and, judging by the comments, basically every phone that is running a compatible version of Android will run Home.
There are a few caveats with the installation of Facebook Home on unsupported devices right now. You’ll need to uninstall and reinstall Facebook and Facebook Messenger before sideloading Facebook Home if you want it to work correctly.
Still, if you’ve wanted to try Facebook Home and haven’t been turned off by the user reviews, here’s your chance.
Facebook Home Gets Unofficial Support on More Phones
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