Today, Facebook unveiled Facebook Home, a piece of software that takes over the Android homescreen. That’s right, the free software takes over the entire menu system to show updates without having to launch a Facebook app. The HTC First will be the first handset to come pre-loaded with Facebook Home. Continue reading for two videos and to see what Mark Zuckerberg has to say.

“Or more accurately, we are going to talk about how you can turn your Android phone into a great social phone. We are not building a phone and we are not building an operating system but we are are building something that is a whole lot deeper than an ordinary app. We wanted to flip things around so our phones were designed around people and not apps. How many times have you pulled out a phone and looked into different apps to see what’s going on. We want to bring all this content to the front.”

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