Shortly following reports that Facebook App Center began showing up for some users in the Facebook iOS app, the company officially launched the service yesterday evening, and has begun rolling out the new service to users in the United States, with an international rollout to take place within the next few weeks.
Facebook’s App Center is a new app recommendation engine (complete with social rating system) built directly into Facebook’s website and mobile apps. The service helps you find apps that your friends are using, and recommends apps based upon your interests and other factors.
To make it easier to find social apps for mobile, the App Center is available in the Facebook iOS and Android apps, as well as Facebook.com.
You can send apps you find on your computer to your mobile device using the new “Send to Mobile” feature. If a mobile app requires a download, you’ll be sent to install it from the Apple App Store or Google Play.
App Center currently only features 600 apps, although it is expected to expand significantly as time goes on. One of the most unique features of the service is a new “send to mobile” feature, which lets you send apps that you discover on Facebook’s website directly to your mobile device, where they’ll automatically be downloaded and installed from the App Store or Google Play.
For more information, check out the official press release, or head on over to https://www.facebook.com/appcenter to get started!
