Appendix B. Beta Features

Facebook constantly adds new features for developers to use; however, they all must go through a beta period before Facebook releases them or changes the Platform to use them. For some features, the beta period can be long, and some features never make it out of beta. For example, as of this writing, the Data Store application programming interface (API) has been in beta for almost two years. This appendix quickly overviews the most important features that are currently in beta.

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