Facebook: Near

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You can indicate on Facebook where you are or where you are in the vicinity. To do this, change the settings of your mobile phone and be open to surprise visits from friends. Once your friends know where you are, they may come to you spontaneously and you will be even more connected.

Share places you are near on Facebook.
Share places you are near on Facebook.

To at Facebook To indicate where you are in the vicinity, you first need a GPS-enabled cell phone and one FacebookAccount. You can find out how this works in the following.

How to tell Facebook you're near a place

  1. You should first go to a place that you want to post on your Facebook profile or be near such a place.
  2. Now install the Facebook app on your mobile phone - if necessary.
  3. Now log in with your e-mailAddress and password on Facebook.
  4. Now click on the dashed symbol on Facebook in the upper right corner to then enter the place where you are in the vicinity.
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  6. Now click on “Nearby” as the next option. You are now shown locations, locations that are close to your position. Your cell phone locates you via GPS.
  7. Now select a location on Facebook and enter "I'm here".
  8. You can also manually enter the name of a place if your location is not shown in the list.
  9. Finally, select the post field and comment on your location report. In this way you can tell your friends what you are doing at that location or who you are there with.

Location function - interesting facts about Facebook

  • With the location function “Nearby”, Facebook has created the possibility of its friends briefly informing you about where you are at the moment.
  • You can use this option to indicate where you are and to contact your friends. So other Facebook users can meet you or you can recommend a location.
  • Find out more about this new function in the Facebook help section and keep your friends up to date.

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