Best Facebook Apps for Android

With more than 600 million active users, Facebook is not just a site but a social networking phenomenon that has taken the world by storm. High speed Internet access via smart phones has now been enabled with 3G networks and most of us prefer accessing sites like Facebook on mobile phones. For Android users, there are plenty of Facebook apps, that provide direct access to the website and let you stay in touch with your friends 24x7. Among the thousands of apps launched on the Android platform, there are hundreds of Facebook apps. Having bought a brand new Android phone, you must be on the lookout for an application for accessing Facebook on the go. In this article, I present select Facebook apps for Android that I personally found useful.

For me, Facebook is not just a medium to stay in touch with friends, but also a business networking platform, where I come across many people whom I can work with. I also keep getting responses from my readers worldwide on Facebook. So it's essential that I stay in touch with all the messages and wall posts, as well as group discussions which occur on the site. I got hold of an Android phone, I came across many good Facebook apps. In the next section, I present those which I found to be noteworthy.

Best Facebook Apps for Android Phones

Thanks to the Facebook platform, which provides an API for development of applications that can link with Facebook, many Android apps have been developed which let you check out your Facebook updates, quite easily. Besides the inbuilt application, that is packaged along with the Android OS for Facebook access, here are some of the other apps of note, that you should check out.

Facebook For Android
Launched by Facebook itself, Facebook for Android is undoubtedly the most versatile of the three apps I have reviewed here. It provides you with the full functionality range that you expect from such an app. This includes the facility to view live news feed, check out wall updates, post on walls and even a chat facility. The chat option was added, only in a recent updated version of the application. It loads fast and works smoothly to provide you with an uninterrupted Facebook experience. This free application is the default choice for most of the Android platform users, worldwide.

Go!Chat for Facebook
If you are primarily interested in the chat feature made available by Facebook, then the Go! Chat application made available on the Android platform is the right choice for you. It provides you with a secure Facebook login and lets you give aliases for your friend names, along with the facility to group them. With more than 740,000 active users worldwide, this Facebook app for Android has clearly found popularity.

Facebook Extreme
An application that provides instant access to the premier social networking site is Facebook Extreme. It lets you directly access Facebook with a fast login and easy access to all of its resources. Though not as feature rich as Facebook for Android, this one provides you with push button login into Facebook. It provides you with all the bare essentials. This is one of the best Facebook apps for low bandwidth users. Here are some more of Facebook apps for Android that you may want to check out:

• Video to Facebook
• SimpleChat for Facebook
• Facebook Mobile
• BeejiveIM for Facebook Chat
• FBook Mobile

Choose any one of the above Android apps for Facebook and stay in touch with all the latest updates from friends and family. Having personally used Facebook for Android, I would highly recommend it. It's free and it has all the functionality you need owing to its development by Facebook itself. It can be downloaded and installed directly from the Android Market website for free.