Facebook to discontinue these two location features

“Nearby Friends and Weather Alerts will no longer be available after May 31, 2022,” reads the notice sent out by Facebook. Facebook has sent notices to the users that it will soon discontinue two of its locationbased features called Nearby Friends and Weather forecast. Both the features have been there for quite some time on the app. Using Nearby Friends, users could send their location to their Facebook friends. While, on the other hand, Weather Forecast was an easy way to plan your weekend trip while checking up on your Facebook only. Facebook has asked all the users to download their location history until August 1, 2022, after which it will be wiped from the social media platform’s servers. Starting May 31, 2022, Facebook will stop tracking and collecting location information for these features. In addition to this, it also collects information that users allow the company to receive “through device settings you turn on, such as access to your GPS location, camera or photos.