MENLO PARK, Calif. -- More than 1 million people help Facebook test its Android app, the social network said Wednesday.
Christian Legnitto, Facebook's manager of mobile release engineering, said the company has more than 1 million users who have signed up for the company's beta testers program and 50,000 users for its alpha program. The two programs let users try out early versions of Facebook's app before it's released to the public. That means the apps are buggy and unpolished, but users can give instant feedback within the app. This lets the company improve its app quickly.
While both versions are early, the alpha program,which started in October and is for the Androidapp, has the latest code "hot off the presses every night," according to Legnitto.
The testing program is just one of the ways Facebook has transformed itself into a mobile-first company. In addition to changing its internal process for delivering apps, the company has remained dedicated to its open-source software roots, Legnitto said.
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