Nearby Friend Feature

-By Facebook

Facebook is introducing a new feature named

“Nearby Friends” for its Android and iPhonemobile users that will allow them to find their friends when they are nearby.

LOCATION SHARING TO

LIMITED NETWORK

• If you enable the “Nearby Friends” feature, it’s only your friends (friends or close friends or specific friends list) who are able to know your GPS location and nobody else, and that too only if you and your friends both have turned on the ‘Nearby Friends’ feature on your mobile devices and have chosen to share with each other.

You can turn it ON or OFF at anytime according to your use

• Facebook users can opt-in to broadcast their location (<0.5 miles, 0.7 miles, 1.8 miles) to particular friends for a set period of time.

• Your friends will able to see your exact GPS location on the map, which helps you find each other and meet offline.

• The new feature really helps you make last-minute get together plans with your friend. Also if you find one of your friends visiting the same place you’ve been, it’ll give you a perfect opportunity to send a recommendation of a great restaurant out there.

Thank You

-Harshal patil