Looking for Facebook’s “Nearby Friends”?

Quick answer

Facebook had a feature called Nearby Friends, then quietly let it die.

Facebook had a feature called Nearby Friends, then quietly let it die. Honestly, it never had a chance buried inside an app that wants to be everything at once. The idea itself was good though. Parages takes that one idea, knowing when you’re close to a friend, and builds the whole app around it instead of hiding it in a settings menu.

In one sentence

Parages pings you when you pass near a friend. It tracks nobody.

How it works

1

Add your friends

Their neighborhood, not their exact address. Only you see your list, and nothing is shared.

2

Live your life

No continuous tracking, no shared location. Parages sleeps in your pocket.

3

Get a hello

You pass near a friend, and your phone says “You’re 300 m from Thomas 👋”. Right when it matters.

On the same topic

Read next

Frequently asked questions

You note where your friends live. When your phone notices you are within a few hundred metres of one of them, it sends you a quiet notification.

Never. Nobody sees your location. The whole point is that you stay invisible while still not missing the people you know.

Be there at launch.

Parages is coming soon. Drop your email, we’ll tell you first. No spam, just the day it opens.