The renewed Foursquare places app is now available for download
A few months ago the social network Foursquare announced its intentions to take a new path in its history. Thus, after becoming the social network to show the location and places through which the user has passed, it has been subdivided into two different tools While the social aspect of the application and its characteristics check-ins went to the new tool known as Swarm, the places, establishments, recommendations and ratings remained in FoursquareAn application that would also receive a remodeling to accommodate and dedicate itself exclusively to the functions that were left in it. A revamp that is already available on both Android and iOS
Well, the renewed Foursquare has already arrived, for the good of new users, but not so much for the old accustomed acquaintances to the design and possibilities of this ancient social network. And it is that the changes are more than remarkable Something that can be appreciated from the beginning in the visual , and after a few minutes of use also functional Thus, now it is a tool merely advisory , with hardly any interaction, taking positions close to the well-known Yelp, which has always acted as a guide to find places to go.
The first thing that both the old and the new user encounter upon starting Foursquare for the first time is a small tutorial that explains its main mission in this new stage: find places and establishments according to the tastes of the user To it needs to know some of those tastes, so it raises a series of tags related to food and drinkswhich helps this tool to pre-select a good number of sites close to the user from the start. A collection that is not exclusive, and that will grow and improve with use, learning from the user himself to show truly interesting and personalized places for each person.
This accesses the main screen of the application. A capital place where you can find all the options that have remained in Foursquare, but in a quite different way from the previous version.Thus, the map is still present, which is accessed by simply pressing it at the top of the screen to delimit the area for searching places, or to start the specific search for a place.
However, it is much more convenient to move left or right between its different sections to find the appropriate type of place:nightlife, entertainment, shopping, coffee and food Although these sections may vary depending on the nearby establishments and user searches. This causes the rest of the screen to list different types of premises that offer those services you are looking for, being able to find the most excellent or those that are popular
Clicking on any category shows these places indicating their name, a photograph , your distance, your range of price and part of any of your reviews.Information that can be expanded by clicking on any of them to know their telephone number, their locationon a map and the reviews or that have been left by other users. More than enough to know if you want to go to that place. In addition, it is possible to save those that you want to have on hand to consult them from the profile.
But one of the most important parts of Foursquare, was and still is the assessment itself of the user. Thus, although now you can no longer do check-in, you can leave a mark in the form of tip or valuation for other users to take advantage of your visit. Just move to the second tab so that Foursquare detects the current place where you are. Here it is possible to add a comment with what you like or dislike about the site, and attach a photo Content that will be visible to other users of the application.
In short, a tool that seems to leave behind everything achieved in recent years after striking visual changes and useful functions to discover different places. And now it looks like a mere guide to nearby establishments which is expected to improve with time and use. However, there are already several problems such as the bad translation into Spanish, which results in a South American version of the language with some errors or errors (chévere or cerveja are some of those words that the Spanish user comes across). Also, for old users, it may seem like a lame application even more so when they need to have Swarmto record your visit to a place.
In any case, the new version of Foursquare is here to stay, with its renewed visual aspect and its purest operation style Yelp Something that old users can like and dislike in equal measure, but seems to be pointing to a new destination. Foursquare is now available for download via Google Play and App Store totally free
