US Dennis Crowley, co-founder and CEO of social network Foursquare, gestures during a plenary session of LeWeb 11 event in Saint-Denis, suburbs of Paris, on December 7, 2011. Around 3,000 participants from 60 countries around the world are expected at LeWeb. Top industry entrepreneurs, executives, investors, senior press & bloggers gather to explore the key […]
Foursquare has just released a new version of its Android application (Google Play link), reintroducing the ‘nearby check-ins from friends’ feature that it brought back to iOS and BlackBerry in August.
Foursquare had removed the ‘Nearby Friends’ feature in its recent redesign, but users seemingly missed it a lot.
Other new features in the updated Android app include ‘social history’ for venue pages (which lets you see who of your friends visited a certain place, how many times, and if they like or dislike it) and a new “me card” design at the top of the ‘Friends’ tab.
Just yesterday, Foursquare added a new notification setting to its check-in system called Always On. As you’d imagine, it allows you to keep track of your friends check-ins at all times, no matter where they are.
➤ Foursquare for Android (version 2012.09.25)
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