Microsoft Announces Facebook Login for Windows Phone and Windows

Of Microsoft Windows and Windows Phone Show a little progress when it comes to selling the device. That being said, continues to be a lack of high-quality applications and useful third-party tools after in both the operating system stores one of the only valid points of criticism on both operating systems. It seems that Microsoft hopes that bring formalized support for Facebook Login will help with that problem.

Microsoft announced the move in a post today, say that they add support for Facebook Login it will help in its efforts to support development ' scenarios ' hopes for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8. In the real world, formalized Facebook Login support, and proper documentation that comes along with a first-party API, Microsoft draw help longtime developers with established apps on other platforms. For example, a large percentage of popular apps on iOS and Android rely on Facebook login to store the user's data and settings. The app Stitcher Podcast uses the Facebook API to sync content between its mobile apps and a new web-interface.

Microsoft, for its part, says that a study commissioned by from Janrain in 2012 found that "password fatigue the main cause of users to abandon apps and services. Facebook Login would solve this problem by allow users to log into things with only their Facebook user name and password.

What is really interesting is that Windows Phone just has reached her fourth birthday and that time has not yet elapsed without all applications using Facebook Login button in their apps. In fact, offer many of the top layer Windows Phone apps Facebook login as an option. Microsoft says that this new Facebook Login API developers to capture statistics using Facebook social graph and other things, so perhaps the differences are seamless to the end user, but not the developer will allow.

Microsoft says that it is already to his credit updates with official Facebook Login API in the works. That includes an updated Foursquare for Windows app that automatically the user's Facebook account's friends, a new iHeartRadio for Windows app that reliable should synchronize user settings and share their favorite stations to Facebook and editions of Adobe Photoshop Express that lets users find Revel and for sharing photos on Facebook.

Microsoft does not share any information about the exact date for each update launch.