Facebook Launches 'Workplace' - Here Are the Details

Facebook has launched a new team collaboration tool chosen 'Workplace.' Here'due south what it does and how it can be useful for y'all.

Formerly Known as Facebook Work, Workplace Lets Employees Collaborate Together

Facebook has been trying for a long time to creep into the workspace as a great collaboration tool for employees. Surprisingly enough, the visitor has done and then successfully with 'Facebook at Work.' At present though, things are being given a thorough rebrand and the social network giant is launching Facebook Workplace, a collaboration tool that mixes three key elements together: social, chat and productivity features.

Packed with every tool one can imagine for collaboration, users have the choice to transport and receive messages, interact with groups, create custom profiles, make calls and even prepare live broadcasts. To spice things up even further, Facebook has thrown in a feature chosen 'Multi-Company Groups' assuasive employees from different organizations to work together as a single unit. That feature alone is plenty to consider implementing Facebook Workplace in your office space.

We've brought the best of Facebook to the workplace — whether it's basic infrastructure such as News Feed, or the ability to create and share in Groups or via conversation, or useful features such equally Live, Reactions, Search and Trending posts. This means you tin can chat with a colleague across the world in existent time, host a virtual brainstorm in a Group, or follow along with your CEO'southward presentation on Facebook Alive.

Facebook Workplace is admittedly gratis to apply if you're implementing information technology in schools or non-profits. Commercial users will have to pony upwardly $three if they want to use it with up to ane,000 employees. But if that number crosses the ten,000 mark, and so that toll sits at just $1 a month. Somewhat strange but that'southward how things are.

Download Workplace for iOS & Android

Workplace is bachelor to download as an app on both iOS and Android, and it's absolutely free. Nosotros have added the straight links to the download beneath.

Download Workplace for iOS
Download Workplace for Android

Retrieve, in order to use Workplace, you lot must have a properly set up work environs. You just can't download it and employ it similar the normal Facebook app.

Wrap Up

Facebook at Work was used past the social network itself for collaboration. Merely decided later on to permit other organizations apply information technology besides to get work washed as well. It'southward rather astonishing how useful such a thing can be given you have the right way of using it.

We're certain this pocket-sized stride will lead to greater things past Facebook.