From 2015 you can activate the "find who is nearby" function on Facebook . When bluetooth was implemented on cell phones, when going to a pub or restaurant, it could be fun to see who had activated the service at the other tables near us.
With Bluetooth, however, you can not do anything else since it is blocked and there was no way to send a message to other people.
Now instead, with Facebook, you can see on your mobile phone who is nearby and, if you want, add it to friends and send them a message .
Facebook has created a new feature that allows users to find friends and potential friends nearby .
Currently this new feature is called " Friendshake " and is another, perhaps the most effective, way to find new friends.
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The " Find nearby friends " page uses GPS coordinates and an internet connection to view other people around.
Not only will it be possible to check if a friend or contact is present nearby, but you can also see the profiles of other people.
This new function, which can only be activated from a mobile phone, from the application on Android and on iPhone / iPad or from the Facebook mobile website, has the obvious purpose of making it easy to exchange friendships between people who meet at a party or conference .
For example, if I have to add my new friend Mario Rossi, instead of looking for him among the thousands of contacts who have this name, just open Facebook and find the right person who is close to me.
the ideal use case is when you go out with a group of people you just met, to stay in touch with them without having to look for them in the huge list.
Instead, I can imagine how much it can be used by those who often go out in the evening, in a disco or pub, to know the name of a girl or a boy who is nearby, so as to have an easier approach or to immediately obtain a online contact channel.
For now, the application works in this way : users, if they want to be found around, must be registered on Facebook and activate the "Find friends nearby" service .
There will therefore be no invasion of privacy for those who do not want to be disturbed by strangers' friend requests.
This functionality is in real time, therefore different from Facebook Places which only allows you to share the location and, if anything, to see if other friends have been in that place in the past.
To try searching for friends nearby you can open the Facebook application on iOS (iPhone) or Android and activate the search from the menu> applications> Find friends> Tools> Find other friends nearby .
