FriendFeed is now the property of Facebook. The team got a nice $47.5 million payday for its troubles. The team is even moving to Facebook headquarters really soon. A lot of people expect the FriendFeed site to disappear in the future, so would you really expect FriendFeed to release new features at this stage?
That's exactly what they've done today. The new addition is custom FriendFeed themes, which gives you the ability to change your background and color scheme - exactly what Twitter has offered for a long time. Still, it's interesting that FriendFeed is chugging along with new features despite the acquisition.
The new themes can be created, added, and adjusted in the settings panel. We're already seeing some interesting themes being built.
While this feature was almost certainly in the process of being built before the acquisition, it still highlights the commitment the FriendFeed team made to the product after the announcement. Will these new features keep coming? For how long? And will we see any of these new features come to Facebook (would you really want custom themes on Facebook?). These are all questions that'll be answered soon.