Facebook now allows you to comment on posts when your phone is offline

Face book has been adding features to its mobile applications to improve the user experience for slow connections. Today, it is launching an Android app to improve the speed and offline use of its news feeds.

This app now allows you to comment on articles, even if you are offline. It will save your comments until you connect again, and then automatically publish them.

When your connection is slow, the news source will first get posts from the stories it downloads for you, rather than just loading new content. Face book says it will only show posts you haven't viewed, not the "load" rotator.

The company says it is still testing improvements to keep your news sources up-to-date by searching for new stories on your online days. While Face book enthusiasts will welcome this new approach, it may consume your battery life and bandwidth.

In October, Face book updated its Android app to detect slow connections and display posts previously downloaded from the device's memory. It also introduces a slide ad format to replace 2G video ads.

Face book says it is introducing these new enhancements over time.