{"id":28535,"date":"2016-11-24T18:01:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T10:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=28535"},"modified":"2023-04-06T19:20:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:20:43","slug":"facebook-find-wifi-ios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-find-wifi-ios\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Wi-Fi Anywhere with Facebook&#8217;s iOS App Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finding a public Wi-Fi hotspot may no longer be a huge challenge as it appears that Facebook has begun testing a new <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2016\/11\/21\/facebook-testing-feature-that-shows-you-where-to-find-free-and-public-wi-fi\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u201cFind Wi-Fi\u201d feature<\/a> on the iOS Facebook app.<\/p>\n<p>First spotted by <strong>The Next Web<\/strong>\u2018s social media director <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattNavarra\/status\/800876068420861952\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Navarra<\/a>, this feature <strong>will detect places nearby with Wi-Fi hotspots<\/strong>. The feature would list down the name of the business as well as how long it\u2019ll take you to get to said location and its available networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-addiction-signs\/\">7 Telltale Signs of Facebook Addiction<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW on Facebook \u2013 Find Wi-Fi <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vAxPALishp\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/vAxPALishp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattNavarra\/status\/800875602303651840\" rel=\"noopener\">November 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While how exactly will Facebook manage to build up a list of Wi-Fi hotspots is still unclear, an educated guess can be made that the <strong>Wi-Fi locations are provided by the businesses themselves<\/strong>. Facebook has started asking business pages to list Wi-Fi locations at their physical addresses, so it could be possible that the Wi-Fi list is sourced from the information provided by businesses.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/facebook-find-wifi-ios\/facebook-find-wifi-screenshots.jpg\" alt=\"facebook find wifi\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1105\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the meantime, this feature is <strong>currently unavailable on the Android Facebook app<\/strong>. As for iOS, it appears that the \u201cFind Wi-Fi\u201d feature has only be enabled for some users. If you\u2019re one of the lucky ones who\u2019ve been given access to the feature, you can toggle it on or off through the settings menu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/facebook-privacy-matters\/\">Facebook & Your Privacy: Why It Matters<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding a public Wi-Fi hotspot may no longer be a huge challenge as it appears that Facebook has begun testing a new \u201cFind Wi-Fi\u201d feature on the iOS Facebook app. First spotted by The Next Web\u2018s social media director Matt Navarra, this feature will detect places nearby with Wi-Fi hotspots. 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