How to see the Facebook Version of your Cellphone and Check if it has been Updated?

It is no secret to anyone that, although many do not use it, Facebook is the most used platform and with more users worldwide for several years. As is known, Facebook has its website to use from the browser and also with an application for mobile devices regardless of the operating system.

But, if we want to take advantage of all the functions of this mobile application, it is important that it is updated from the application store. Now, How to see the Facebook version of your cell phone? In this article we will show you that and how to check that it is up to date.

For what reasons do I not have the current version of Facebook on my phone?

There are several reasons why your mobile does not download the most recent version of Facebook, many times it occurs due to problems with storage on mobile, but there are others.

Problems with the mobile app store

This is a very common problem on Android devices, and Google Play reflects this with a notification of ‘Download error’ being a failure with the store. This error could be caused by a connection failure, many applications being updated at the same time, or poor RAM performance.

Updates are disabled

From the application store, the option to automatically download updates for any application may be disabled. To activate them, go to Google Play and click on your profile picture to go to ‘Settings’, and in ‘Network Preferences’ You can activate ‘Automatic update of apps’.

In that last option you choose, it is recommended that you activate it by checking the box update ‘Only via WiFi’ so that your data is not spent excessively.

How do I check which version of Facebook I have on my mobile?

The steps to check which version you have from Facebook they are very simple doing them from any device, be it an Android or iPhone and we will explain how.

From an Android device

Using the Facebook application on an Android, log into your account with your data and on the main screen click on the icon with 3 horizontal lines. There, go to the end of the options to enter ‘Settings and privacy’ and at the end you’ll see ‘Information’, select and it will appear on the screen the version.

Being on an iPhone

On the other hand, from the application on an iPhone go to the horizontal lines in the right corner at the bottom of the screen and look for ‘Settings and privacy’. Within that option and at the end you will find ‘Information’ where, by pressing once, you will see on the screen the version that you have downloaded to your iPhone.

By following these simple steps, either from an Android or iPhone, you can find out the version of the Facebook application that you have on your device. However, there are another option that can be considered Although it is not the fastest, it does work and we will explain what it is below.

What external tools help to know the version that I have of Facebook?

Other tools to know the version of the Facebook application you have installed at It is provided by the mobile itself from the settings. Entering there, look for ‘Applications’ and in the list of all the applications that you have installed, search for Facebook and by clicking on you will see all the details and the version at the end.

With a file explorer

Also, you can use a file explorer to help you manage the applications, downloading it from your phone’s application store. For example, among the most popular file explorers we found Google Files with which you can see everything that includes having an application installed.

Another file explorer is ES File Explorer that is an application to use on Andro devicesid, and is similar to the Google Files platform. A last file explorer that is well known is ASTRO File Manager, which is a very complete application and also free for all Android devices.