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Facebook’s new app allows Android users to watch streamers, connect with others and more.

What you need to know

Facebook has released a new Facebook Gaming app for Android.
The app allows users to watch streamers without having to use their computer.
There’s also various games you can instantly play.

While the streamer scene is already fairly packed with YouTube Gaming, Twitch and Mixer, Facebook is continuing to roll out new methods for viewers to check out streamers on Facebook Gaming. The newest addition to this campaign is the Facebook Gaming app for Android, which is now available to download via the Google Play storefront.

📣 Launch announcement 📣🧵1/ We know you’ve waited patiently. Well folks the day has come: we’re launching FarmVille in VR! j/k, sorry, kind mobs of Twitter, don’t @ us! We’re actually launching the Facebook Gaming app on Google Play. Download NOW 👉 https://t.co/6wzoSRD3Gj pic.twitter.com/5YzVxmklHm— Facebook Gaming #playaparttogether (@…

More utility

Zoom

Free, $20/month at Zoom

Pros

Free plan is good for personal use
Group calls up to 300 people
Record and share meetings
In-call text chat
Lots of tools for business/enterprise use

Cons

Many features limited to paid versions
Not as plug-and-play as Duo

Zoom has quickly become the de facto service for professional video calling, and for good reason. This is one of the most robust video chatting platforms, offering features like in-call text chats, the ability to record and share Zoom calls, and support for group calls up to 300 people. You can use Zoom for personal use, but it’s better-suited for businesspeople.

Personal chats

Google Duo

Free at Google Duo

Pros

Completely free to use
Super high-quality calls
Record and send messages to people
Voice calling
Tight integration with Google Home devices

Cons

Group calls limited to 12 people
Can’t invite additional people to existing group call

If Zoom is the best video calling service for pr…

Just because you’ve been home more often doesn’t mean you have to worry about accomplishing more at home. If you could use a break, today’s deal on the iRobot Roomba 675 smart robot vacuum is one to consider. This smart vacuum cleans hard floors and carpets for you, and all you have to do is schedule when it cleans using an app on your phone. At today’s low price of $219.99 via Best Buy, you’ll be saving $50 off its regular price of $269.99.

The Roomba 675 is a great little robot vacuum. It has a 0.6 liter capacity for collecting all the dirt and hair and stuff on your floors. The robot vac uses a three-stage cleaning system that loosens, lifts, and then suctions the dirt up. It can work on hard floors and carpets and transition between them. The multi-surface brushes work together, and the auto adjusting cleaning head moves up and down in height to clean whatever surface its on.

The sensors include a Patented Dirt Detector, which helps the Roomba detect where there are larger conc…

Coronavirus is everywhere, so Facebook’s symptom tracker is too.

What you need to know

Facebook is bringing its COVID-19 symptoms tracker worldwide after a successful U.S. trial earlier this month.
The goal of the survey is to help predict hotspots before they bloom.
It’s also intended to guide health systems as countries move towards re-opening parts of society.

The COVID-19 response has a problem that social media is uniquely positioned to help solve — a lack of data. With the public health systems of many countries being overwhelmed, knowing where a hotspot is likely to form and forming containment strategies around that is likely to be very useful to states and world governments.

Facebook is putting its wealth of data and reach to help researchers build models that can predict these hotspots. It partnered with the Carnegie Mellon University Delphi Research Center to disseminate a U.S. based survey in early April:

The survey — run by Carnegie Mellon University Delphi…