Best third-party Facebook apps for Android

During the past few months, Facebook received quite a lot of flak regarding its dictatorial decision to force the Messenger chat app on its users and remove the in-app ability to communicate with others via the regular Facebook app. This fairly unpopular decision turned off a lot of avid Facebook enthusiasts that purportedly boycotted the mobile version of Facebook, which is among the most downloaded mobile apps across iOS and Android. What's more, many a user criticized the social network for the shady app permissions that both Facebook and the Messenger sidekick request.



Little did they know that they could simply download another, third-party Facebook client on either iOS or Android and continue "liking" their friends' posts and selfies while comfortably circumventing Messenger and chatting right from said custom Facebook app. Actually, some of the third-party Facebook clients come with something that the original FB app is devoid of - the ability to customize it (almost) the way you want. Frankly said, you can also access Facebook through your mobile browser, but apps are way more convenient, aren't they?



That said, let's delve into Google Play and explore some of the better, noteworthy, and free third-party Facebook apps! Note that they are sorted in no particular order.

Fast for Facebook

If you are aching to alter the looks and the interface of Facebook's official mobile app. While this is not possible (and will most probably never be), this Android app allows you to browse your FB newsfeed and make full use of Facebook chat without leaving it at all. What's more, you can alter the colors, the layout of the posts you see, and benefit from an expanded array of options that are not present in the official Facebook app. Fast for Facebook also goes easy on your hardware resources, and from our experience with it, we can say that it's pretty lightweight indeed!



Download: Fast for Facebook (Android)