Facebook's "News Feed" that streams updates from friends will give priority to important posts, images shared at the website will be displayed larger, and a "Ticker" chat column is being added for real-time conversations.
In recent weeks, Facebook has focused on ways for members to better control what information gets shared with whom.
Facebook last week began letting members follow strangers Twitter-style with the addition of "Subscribe" buttons that let people hear from people who aren't friends at the network, and share insights with strangers.
Facebook also began letting members be more selective about what kinds of updates from friends make it into their personal news feeds.
"Last week we announced (Smart) List and Subscribe, which were about more control of what members see in the News Feed," Facebook product manager Keith Schacht said. "Today, these changes are about letting people see the most important news."
"Facebook will get better over time at understanding what is important to each person," he said. "If we are wrong, you can tell us."Facebook planned to begin rolling out the new features globally Tuesday and expected them to reach all of its more than 750 million users within a week.
More Facebook announcements are expected at the social network's annual developers conference taking place in San Francisco on Thursday.
The gathering will come just days after Google dropped the need for an invitation to join the Internet giant's challenge to Facebook, Google+.
Google+ stresses the ability it gives users to separate online friends and family into different "Circles," or networks, and to share information only with members of a particular circle.Google is hoping its billion users worldwide are drawn into the California-based Internet giant's social network.
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