Google discontinues Android’s Nearby Notifications feature

25 October 2018
The reason? Spammers… This is why we can’t have nice things.

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Till smart devices' batteries become a no problem I limit my usage to the very necessary.

    Anonymous, 27 Oct 2018No need to switch to the crappy iOS. You can really turn ev... moreThere is really no need to call other OS "crappy". To each their own. I've used iOS before and now been living on Android.
    Sure, if you want some freedom you could go to Android AND tweak that OS a little bit here and there to achieve a pretty similar iOS' privacy level.
    But for all those people who don't want to dig down and tweak their phone they would choose iOS over a little restrictions for the so-called "it just works".

    After all, it goes down to a matter of personal choice. No need to be an evangelist and calling all competitors crappy. Give people options, don't dictate them.

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      • Anonymous
      • vGu
      • 27 Oct 2018

      Anonymous, 26 Oct 2018But if google is the most spammer of the world, stealing yo... moreNo need to switch to the crappy iOS. You can really turn every bit of spam off on Android. it takes a mix of app settings and google account settings.

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        • Ashish
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        • 27 Oct 2018

        Hey! Don't get bother by others comments

          Anonymous, 26 Oct 2018You can turn off such notifications and ads on MIUI. The... moreI've already disabled some, but my opinion on MIUI is still the same. Everyday i get annoyed by mi store app update notifications and i can't even disable it. I'm well past my patience, eagerly waiting for this phone to die out. I'll have a valid reason to switch then.
          Never Xiaomi ever.

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            • Anonymous
            • T6s
            • 27 Oct 2018

            You still can receive notification from beacons if you have an app that supports them.

              Anonymous, 26 Oct 2018I don't knew about it so who cares.Probably all the people who _DO_ know about it. My question is why you bothered to read the article and go out of your way to comment if you really don't care.

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                • a3m
                • 26 Oct 2018

                Never used it and really never gana miss it!
                and thank GOD they discontinued it (that must have been horrible experience)

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                  • Anonymous
                  • mJw
                  • 26 Oct 2018

                  I don't knew about it so who cares.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 8Ca
                    • 26 Oct 2018

                    Nick, 26 Oct 2018Finally. i hate spammers. i always put them in blacklist bu... moreBut if google is the most spammer of the world, stealing your personal info and giving you advertices of nonsense business, when nobody want spam in your phone. Take a tip: go to iphone.

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                      • aXL
                      • 26 Oct 2018

                      With Nearby notifications: Google knows where I am, it sends me the proof.
                      With no nearby notifications: Google still knows where I am..

                      I wish Google would give us a "premium" option to buy our privacy, giving us an option to turn off all (or part of) google online services

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                        • AnonD-632062
                        • 3Ye
                        • 26 Oct 2018

                        Good decision. No one likes these Google features that cause unnecessary intrusion of privacy. It's the same reason why people don't want intrusive and privacy concerning "AI" features. People would rather do these things themselves.

                          Missed it, not one bit.

                            Never use this and never will.

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                              • Xhxhyy
                              • KiA
                              • 26 Oct 2018

                              Those feature are annoying AF. It's gone too far till it feels spying on us.

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 26 Oct 2018

                                Sonu4678, 26 Oct 2018Good riddance, sounds like an annoying feature. I wouldn't ... moreYou can turn off such notifications and ads on MIUI.

                                The day that changes, no more Xiaomi phones for any of my team!

                                  Good riddance, sounds like an annoying feature. I wouldn't like random notifications. I'm not a guy who uses social networking sites or related features. I hate random notifications on my phone, it's the reason i hate MIUI too. Damn those persistent Mi store notifications bugging me to update every single day!!

                                    Definitely appreciate. It annoyed me most of the time.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 26 Oct 2018

                                      I have disabled all intrusive features on Android using app settings and the settings in accounts.google.com

                                      Utter peace!

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                                        • Pyn
                                        • 26 Oct 2018

                                        The only useful feature of the notifications was to remind you to review your location privacy settings to avoid exactly these types of features.

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