Facebook rolls out ‘Nearby Friends,’ a real-time friend tracker. Facebook is rolling out a new tool that allows its users to track their friends in real time.
Flipping on the feature in the Facebook mobile app lets you share your general or specific location with friends. The idea is to make it easier to set up spontaneous coffee dates with friends or to let a worried parent know when you have arrived at your destination. Sure, it sounds a little creepy. Facebook Adding Nearby Friends Feature To Apps For IPhone, Android. Facebook is officially introducing a feature it has toyed with in simpler form in the past, as the social network announced the launch of Nearby Friends in a Newsroom post, saying that it will be available to U.S.
Android and iPhone users “in the coming weeks.” Users of the social network’s flagship apps for Android devices and iPhones can choose to activate the Nearby Friends feature, after which they will be notified when friends who have also activated the feature share the information that they are located nearby. Friends can only see information of this type if it is shared with them, and the Nearby Friends feature can be deactivated at any time. Product Manager Andrea Vaccari shared more details in the Newsroom post: If you turn on Nearby Friends, you’ll occasionally be notified when friends are nearby, so you can get in touch with them and meet up. Facebook Rolls out Location-Sharing Feature.