Facebook has been offering for a few years a new function allowing to open the links of its news feed without changing application. Unfortunately this alternative browser suffers from some shortcomings compared to the giants of the sector like Google Chrome or Firefox. We will see how to disable the Facebook web browser..
Consult a site directly on Facebook
If you are a user of the Facebook app on Android, you have probably noticed that the social network has changed its management system for internet links. Now when you click on a shared link on your news feed , it no longer opens in the browser of your smartphone but directly in a Facebook page.
This detail may seem anecdotal and yet it is far from it. The web page viewing system developed by Mark Zuckerberg's social network has fewer features than that of its competitors, in particular Google Chrome. Even if the layout and design are quite similar, this solution is much more limited. For example, it is impossible to save a web page in order to view it offline..
The Facebook browser also doesn't make it easy to share content. While on Firefox or Chrome it only takes a few clicks to send an image located on a web page to friends, the same operation on Facebook is much more complicated.
You will also not be able to access your bookmarks or passwords or even your visit history. It also deprives you of all the navigation data that you have been able to synchronize on your various devices (smartphone, tablet, computer). Another negative point, the absence of the tab system to quickly move from one site to another..
Open Facebook links in your usual browser
As you can see, the Facebook integrated browser is of limited interest. Some users will also be tempted to deactivate this feature. Problem, it is imposed by Facebook who try to keep its users on its platform.
In this little tutorial we will teach you how to open the links of your news feed directly in the web browser installed by default on your Android smartphone.
- Open the Facebook app
- Click on the Menu button (button with the three lines) located at the top right
- In the Help and settings section, select application settings
- Activate the option links open externally
Now, each time you click on a web link in the Facebook application, the page will open in the browser you previously configured.
