Facebook has recently introduced a new awesome feature on Facebook apps for iOS and Android. This feature is Nearby Friends. With this new feature “Nearby Friends”on your iPhone and Android Smartphone you will be able to locate the current position of your nearby friends. As per privacy you can also off this feature so that your current position will not be shared.
Facebook Nearby Friends feature shows you which friends are nearby to you. And their position is shown on a map. Mean you will only see those people nearby to you and under your friend list. You not able to see unknown people like WeChat. Its a good privacy concern by Facebook. So don’t be panic if you on this feature.
Not only this Facebook Nearby Friends feature shows the geographic position of your friends under a certain radius of circle around you. But you will not be able to those friends who off this feature on his/her iPhone or Android.
As I said, it only shows the geographical position mean you will see a list of friends who are nearby to you. And you can see them on the map,and how long ago, he/she was present at that location. But you will not be able to check the exact position of your friends. I think this is also a good step for privacy concern by Facebook. If you want to get the exact location of your friend then individually you have to make a request to your friend. So some of your friends ask you for your exact position, then you can also a set an option by which your current exact position will be available to that friend for a particular time. After that time period your friend will not be able to your exact position.
Using Facebook Nearby Friends feature is as easy as using messenger. There is no mandatory that you have to on this feature. As per privacy policy, Facebook said that nobody private data will not be compromised. Facebook also said that this feature will be available in coming weeks for U.S peoples.