Facebook is retiring several location-based features this month due to 'low usage,' such as Nearby Friends and weather alerts.
Facebook retires location-based features
It’s hard to imagine that anyone will miss these features. Nearby Friends, introduced back in April 2014, gave users the ability to receive notifications when friends were in the area. It was an optional feature you could turn on or off at any time if you wanted to let friends see when you were around so they could reach out to try and arrange a meetup.
The feature clearly never gained much traction with users. The total ubiquity of Apple’s Find My Friends feature might have also had something to do with the demise of Nearby Friends. No one needs multiple ways to track their friends running at once. As for weather alerts, I’m not even sure I knew this was something Facebook offered. I have had the Facebook app on my phone for years, and I can’t remember ever getting the choice to receive weather alerts. That might explain why Facebook is killing them.Of course, just because the features are going the way of the dodo doesn’t mean Facebook is going to stop tracking your location.
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