Facebook Adds New Safety Check and Live Video Enhancements for Workplace

With many businesses set to re-align their processes around remote working, even in the wake of the pandemic, Facebook Workplace has seen a significant boost in growth, with millions of paid users now signed on to use the Facebook-for-business model in order to maintain connection with colleagues. And today, Facebook has announced some new enhancements for its professional platform, including an updated Safety Check feature to keep tabs on employee safety, and live video enhancements to facilitate more presenters in a stream. First off, on Safety Check – as explained by Facebook’s Alexandru Voica: “Safety Center is an evolution of Safety Check that will provide increased functionality and a new UX to help organizations check on employee safety, manage communications during incidents or issue Travel Advisories to employees during the pandemic.” As you can see in these examples, the new Safety Check will provide a quick, easy way for employees to check in during a crisis – which could become increasingly important when you have various staff working in different locations. The responses are then displayed on the Workplace platform, providing more transparency over the impacts.  » Read More