Facebook now finds Wi-Fi networks nearby
Last year Facebook
started testing a new function in its mobile apps that shows you where to find
free, public Wi-Fi networks nearby. Today this has been deemed mature enough to
roll out to all Facebook users on its Android and iOS apps.
Once you get the
new functionality baked into your app, you can go to the More tab and then
select Find Wi-Fi. After this point you may need to turn it on (only the first
time you use it). Once you've done that, you'll see a list or map view of the
closest public Wi-Fi hotspots to your location. You can easily switch between
the map and list view, by the way.
The list of places
is populated with the names and details of the businesses that operate those
Wi-Fi networks, and you can quickly get directions to any of them. There is
just one catch here: to show up in the Find Wi-Fi section of Facebook, every
business that has a public Wi-Fi network must first claim it by editing its
Facebook Page information. So, since this is purely opt-in for businesses, it
might take a while for Facebook's Find Wi-Fi to actually have all of the
networks that are out there.
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