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Facebook tests new feature for finding Wi-Fi
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The social networking giant said the video will appear as a Facebook greeting in a user’s News Feed a day after his birthday. (Shutterstock.com/Twin Design)
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obile data service is not cheap, which is why a Wi-Fi connection is still preferred whenever possible. Because of this, Facebook has started to test a new feature that will help users find nearby Wi-Fi hotspots.
One of the early clues to this was when Facebook started asking Pages to list Wi-Fi locations in the physical address, The Next Web reported.
(Read also: EU to provide free public 100Mbps Wi-Fi in 28 member states)
With the aggressive push for video, it makes sense that Facebook would help users find a strong and stable connection to share and consume more content for its Live feature.
So far, trials for this new “Find Wi-Fi” feature is limited to some iOS device users, but there may be some tests being run on a few Android apps.
This article appeared on the Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
