What's new and good?
But there really is good, no matter what anyone says. After all, everything new is always perceived with hostility.
New menu (More convenient with a larger screen)
All the most important functions are placed on the bottom panel, the remaining menu items are now in the lower right corner. With this interface it has really become more convenient and you can get to messages, for example, in 1 click.
Now, owners of smartphones with a large screen will find it much more convenient to use the application. Previously, the menu button was at the top and in order to use it you needed a second hand or incredible tricks with one.
Now this very menu is at the bottom and can be easily clicked with your thumb.
Answers "Bell"
Now all the most important things, friends, likes and reposts, are all collected in one point. There are also notification settings; now you can fine-tune notifications to suit yourself. Leave only what is truly important to you.
Improved search
The new version uses a single input field for search, here you can find a person, group, recordings, videos and music. Search has become more interactive, with an algorithm at the forefront that displays information based on user preferences.
To disable Safe Search, you still need to switch in the browser (See).
Less significant changes in the new VC.
As soon as I put the first one, I noticed that it turned red, it immediately reminded me of Instagram. Previously, when pressed, it acquired a darker, blue color. What I immediately liked were the very carefully executed elements under the news, likes, messages, and views. Now they look more harmonious and stylish.
By the way, VKontakte music now has a listening limit, how to get around this innovation (See).
How to update VK on an Android phone
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VKontakte has released large-scale updates to mobile applications
The company studied which functions users of the social network needed most and moved them to the bottom menu. Now you can use it to switch between news, messages, search and notifications. Everything else that used to be in the side menu is now displayed on a separate screen as a list.
A new universal search has appeared in VKontakte applications. Through it you can find the profiles, communities and publications you need. The developers also updated the recommendations section, making it more accurate. Now a special algorithm studies many aspects of your behavior, such as what you read more often, how long you watch content and who you like.
In the “Responses” section, friend requests, mentions in correspondence, birthdays and new entries from friends and communities appeared. The company says it has made the notifications trainable. For example, if you ask an app to only send alerts from important people, the algorithms will begin to learn which users are most important to you.
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Less significant changes were also made to VKontakte mobile clients. They relate to friend requests, view counter, sending photos and other aspects of the social network.
In the near future, updates will be available to all iOS and Android users.
Price: Free+
Price: Free+
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VKontakte for Android - review of the official client of the popular social network
Using the official application of the VKontakte social network, you will always be in touch with your friends. This is one of the best messengers, which in addition to communication includes news, groups, games and much more. You can download VK for your Android phone for free from the Google Play app store.
After creating the mobile version of the site, a corresponding phone application was developed, with all the functions of the desktop version of the social network. 4.5.2. - the final variation of the application, the downloaded VKontakte file on Android occupies 6.49 MB. VK clients have many useful functions for communications and interesting pastime.
Features Overview
The VKontakte client for Android allows you to correspond, exchange files and much more. A special feature is that you can swipe from each bookmark to open a menu that replicates the familiar view of the VK website.
The function panel is located on the left side of the screen. Let's consider its capabilities in more detail.
Newsline
You can scroll down to see the posts from friends and communities that were added at the beginning, and you can also update it to see the latest news. Users can save entries on their page or on a friend’s wall, and also leave their comments.
Conversational cloud
Chat options allow you to have a conversation with multiple users at the same time. You can attach photos, audio, video, documents, as well as cards and gifts to the text of the message. The application has a significant collection of emoticons and stickers. It is now possible to view conversation materials.
Home Page Profile
When you click on the house icon, the application opens the profile page. Here you can change your avatar, status, and edit your wall. You can open submenus with photos, audio recordings, friends, groups, etc.
Multimedia
You can listen to my audio recordings using the built-in player. Through the options you can find other tracks, lyrics, delete or send the recording to a friend. With the addition of music caching, it has become easy to download audio recordings to your device's memory and listen to them offline.
In addition, it is possible to add photos, albums and view photos of other users. You can download videos from other sites, from the device’s memory, or add the footage immediately before sending.
Friends
Added scrolling of the friends list. As in the version for PC, the VKontakte application on Android performs a good search, allowing you to quickly find a friend’s page without scrolling through the entire list.
The utility also makes it possible to search for new friends using some methods:
- in the list of phone contacts;
- via Gmail;
- via Facebook;
- using advanced page search;
- in the list of recommended friends.
Settings
The official application allows you to make a large number of profile settings. It is possible to edit personal information, determine the type of privacy, and add someone to the Black List. You can also configure chat, alerts and notifications:
- select sound from device audio files;
- set the vibration and color of the notification indicator;
- It is possible to disable notifications for a while.
Advantages and disadvantages
Having examined the functionality of VK in detail, we can summarize.
Its advantages include the following:
- You can download the VKontakte application for free on any smartphone or tablet with Android OS 1.6 and higher.
- high speed of operation is achieved due to good optimization;
- saving traffic, even if you do not have unlimited Internet;
- convenient messenger for correspondence and exchange of documents;
- The distribution takes up little space in the device's memory.
The application has significantly fewer disadvantages:
- impossibility of launching games on VK without downloading from the Play Market.
- Some devices do not have a sound alert for a new message or a reply to a post.
Screenshots
Video “Review of VKontakte 4.0 in Material Design”
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The long-awaited VKontakte update for Android has been released with a new design
The developers of the official client of the VKontakte social network for Android announced the release of a stable version of update 4.0. The update was tested for a long time and ordinary users could access it. Now the VKontakte 4.0 update for Android has been tested, debugged and released as part of a stable branch. One of the main innovations of the update is a completely new application interface. In the version of VKontakte for Android tablets, the developers decided to abandon the “hamburger” menu and added a convenient sidebar that is always available and can be used to go to the desired section. The overall design has become more neat and pleasant - the influence of “material” currents is noticeable. User and community pages have undergone major changes, especially their upper part. Among other improvements in the VKontakte 4.0 update for Android:
- automatic update of the feed with the addition of fresh posts;
- updated design for previewing links and surveys in the feed;
- improved viewing of conversation material;
- full cataloging of documents;
- the ability to tag a person in a photo directly in the application;
- improved recommendations from friends.
New interface for tablets You can download the latest version of the VKontakte application for Android on Trashbox or Google Play.
Did you like the new design and features of update 4.0? VKontakte 5.0.2(1252) Android 4.1 and higher Android Wear
How do you like the innovations?
Now it’s too early to give a definite answer, it takes time and this time may force us to get used to the new design and functionality. Welcome pictures telling about new features are made in a disgusting style, where the simple design is used to it. Now just add a beige background and it will be ala Odnoklassniki...
Surely in the near future there will be a lot of debate, better or worse, but we will have to grab a new update, redesign 2021.
As for the changes, at first glance you can notice that the messages function has been moved from the main menu to a separate icon in the lower tray, WhatsApp recalled. Of course, if we take all the changes, then VK has become more like Facebook and a little like Instagram.
If, after installing the update, the VKontakte client on Android begins to work with errors, users have a logical desire to remove the updates. You can't just abandon the latest version. To roll back an application, you will have to uninstall it and then install the old version using the APK file.
Stylish
This online program is a special software that can help you return the old design to the VKontakte social network. We will provide information on how to return the old version of VK to Windows, focusing on the Chrome browser.
So, to get started, you need to launch your browser and select the vertical ellipsis at the top right. After that, click on more tools and select Extensions. Next, you should scroll down and click on the “More extensions” button.
You are now in the Google Chrome web store. In the store search column, enter the name of the program, that is, Stylish. The next step is to select the Stylish program from the list of drop-downs and click on the “Install” button.
After installation, you need to click on the userstyles.org link, which will be called “Programs”. In the search above, you must enter the following data: “Old VK design.” Next, press Enter and you will see the custom theme. Go to the appropriate section and click on the “Install” button.
The next step is to log into VKontakte, but there will be no new version of the social network, because you just managed to install the old version of VK.
Try to see if you are comfortable using the outdated version, because in a year you could get used to the new version of the site, which many find much more convenient, pleasant and simpler.
- I'm not kidding. Since the transition to such an interface is obviously inevitable for everyone, the question is how to return the old VKontakte design
has only a temporary solution. But because Although it’s temporary, it’s still possible to disable the new VKontakte design and continue working with the usual sane interface, so that’s what we’ll do.
This question is relevant, perhaps, for all VKontakte users who, over 10 years, have become accustomed to the simplicity and convenience of the old design and use its functionality to the fullest. In particular, this applies to those who created and administer communities and groups - the developers of the new VK.com have certainly made their lives difficult with their innovations.
By the way, for this category of VK users I would like to give a practical recommendation: in order not to waste precious time on independent public promotion both on VKontakte and in all other popular social networks, and to fully concentrate on quality content for your community, you should contact the Soclike
.
Judging by the numerous positive reviews, this PR team knows its business and will be able to quickly provide your group with the required number of quality
subscribers.
Let's return to the main question. Let's make a reservation right away - we will talk about the browser version of the social network. Android and iOS applications, alas, will not be considered in this article.
Upd. 08/17/2016.
Dear Reader, in order not to waste your precious time, I would like to immediately inform you: “The uprising has been suppressed, Skynet has won.” Well, jokes aside, the inevitable happened: despite all the protest sentiments of VKontakte users, the developers, after several “waves” of transferring users to the new design, decided that enough wasted time: on 08/17/16 ALL users of the social network were transferred to the new design... Accordingly, the addresses are new .vk.com simply does not exist at the moment, and recommendations using its return do not work...
This does not mean that there are now no ways to return the old VKontakte design: especially for those who do not give up, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the ““ block located below in the text. There you will find a method that will probably be able to extinguish the flame of righteous anger in you.
Well, before this block there will be information that has more historical than practical significance: the following describes the chronology of the fight against the disease called “ New design of Vk.com
". Getting acquainted with this information will not take you, dear Readers, much time, and probably someone will be interested in knowing “how it all began,” so all previously working methods remain in the article. So let's begin.
For those who have become a “guinea pig” for VKontakte designers involuntarily (i.e., they simply encountered a new interface at a certain moment), there should be a link “Return to the old version...” located at the bottom of the left column with menus and advertising. In truth, the designers clearly tried to make the tool for how to return the old version of VKontakte as inconspicuous as possible: gray letters on a gray background - this is difficult to notice.
Those who voluntarily joined the “ranks of testers” of the new interface (by clicking on the ill-fated “Join testing” button) may not find a link to return to the old version.
And how to disable the new VKontakte design in this case?
Pay attention to the browser address bar:
Attention to the address bar!
As you can see, “ new”
"
Those. in fact, it is another user profile page. To return the usual vk.com/page_id, and with it to return the old version of VKontakte, we simply “edit” the address: you need to erase “ new.
" And, of course, press Enter (or the input confirmation key on a touch device).
The result will be like this:
We removed “new.” from the address and got what we needed!
Sound familiar? Probably to the point of pain
