A few days ago the company of Foursquare surprised with an announcement It was about the idea of distributing the functions of this well-known social network of geolocation in two applications One would continue to be Foursquare, although with certain modifications, while the characteristic check-ins or location registrations are passed to the application Swarm A tool that is already available to test both on the platform Android as in iOS
The new strategy of Foursquare involves dividing its characteristics: on the one hand, the discovery of places and, on the other, all the social aspect And this is what Swarm does, picking up the baton from the check-ins, but also that of the relationships of the users of this social network, always seeking to contact with friends, know your approximate location and make all kinds of plans to enjoy in company.
So, just download this application and create a new user account or use the credentials of Foursquare or evenFacebook to speed up the process. After that you already have access to your service. Swarm is presented as a predominantly social tool, where the key point is in knowing which friends are near the location to be able to stay or carry out a plan.That is why it urges the user to activate their location in the neighborhood, never specifying a more specific point to safeguard the user's privacy.
Thus, on the main screen it is possible to see the friends that are closest to the user, organized by neighborhoods and cities according to proximity. As usual, Swarm allows you to add new friends from different social networks such as Facebook or Foursquare , being able to send invitations for more people to join this application. This first tab also acts as a wall where you can see any invitation or location that other contacts have made public.
Another option of Swarm is to be able to list the activity of all these friends in your second tab. A good option to find out what places they have visited or what photos they have publishedAll this being able to click on these contents to have more information such as the type of local it is, access Foursquare to have all its details, see the image on the screen complete, etc.
But the main mission of Swarm is to socialize. For this, the function plans, located in the third tab, has been created. A place to set up a open and public appointment for friends who are in the same city Here the user can launch an idea of where he is going to be or at what time and where to meet, and let the rest of the contacts decide. Thus, they can choose to join and show interest by allowing them to send public messages to specify any detail or issue.
In short, a most curious approach that wants to exploit the social of Foursquare in an area well differentiated from discovering places to go.Of course, all this without forgetting to be able to register the place through which you have passed to let your friends know. The Swarm app is now available via Google Play and App Store fully free
