Facebook gives you the option to share cross-platform videos, but it doesn't allow you to save them for offline viewing. For that, you have to seek help from third party software and applications.
These applications allow you to save Facebook videos to your Android device , and stream them even when there is no active internet connection. There are many options for downloading Facebook videos on mobile devices , but not all of them are as simple as hitting the download button.
Here are some of the options to download Facebook videos on Android with as few clicks as possible.
How to download Facebook videos on an Android device
The easiest way to save Facebook videos to an Android phone could be through the fbdown.net website . The website is compatible with all browsers that support downloading and can be used to download Facebook videos on iPhone, Windows and macOS, not just Android devices.
- First, select the Facebook video you want to download
- Copy the video link: If you are using the Facebook application, press the share button. Web browser users can tap the comments of any Facebook video and copy the URL from the following screen
- Open the fbdown.net website in your phone's browser.
- Paste the link where it asks you to do so and tap 'Download'.
- The next step would be to tap and hold the quality links, normal or HD, until a pop-up window appears with the option 'Download link'. This is the case with Chrome.
- In Firefox, you will have to tap the link and then tap and hold the video to store it on your device.
Application to download Facebook videos on an Android phone
Android users also have the option of downloading Facebook videos through a third-party app called FastVid . The application is available on the Google Play Store .
- There are a couple of advantages to this application. First, you can login with your Facebook ID and download videos simultaneously without copy paste or go to URL section to download Facebook videos on mobile phone.
- The URL option does not require any FB login and works the same way as fbdown.net - copy the Facebook video link from the app or browser and paste it into the box, which then displays a message with options of video quality. Choose the one that suits you best and voila, the video is saved on your device.
- Also, the app has its own video library and player to play videos downloaded from Facebook . You can also share, delete and rename the video without leaving the FastVid application.
- The application has free and paid versions. The free version, of course, has ads.