After a recent privacy and sharing update on Facebook, Facebook is working hard on new improvements, and according to the reports, this update will focus on photos and photo filters.
The New York Times is reporting that Facebook plans to add photo filters to its mobile app "in the coming months," looking to challenge Instagram,Camera+ and other camera apps with built-in fancy filters. Facebook is already a dominant photo-sharing platform, and it offers much higher resolution images than Instagram - for what it's worth - but with the addition of "almost a dozen" filters, Facebook will try to take back some of the art of phone photography.
The engineers said Facebook will introduce almost a dozen photo filters, including some that are similar to Instagram like old-style camera lenses and grainy film. Facebook will also try to introduce new styles of filters with the hopes of drawing users away from other photo apps.
Instagram, created by Burbn, is an easy photo filter app for iOS. The app lets you take quick photos or use photos that already exist in your iPhone, apply creative filters and share it with friends on Flickr, Facebook or Twitter. You can also tag your photos with location using your foursquare account. The app has over 11 different custom filters that you can apply to your photos.
