Meetic, meetme or Meetup are some of the most popular platforms for meeting new people, but did you know that Telegram can also perform the same function? That's right, the messaging service has a specific tool for make you meet other users who live near you.
His name, People nearby, quite clearly reflects the purpose of this feature: make new friends that are close to your location. The Telegram community is growing, so this tool can act as a link with many users.
If you haven't yet encouraged yourself to use People Nearby, we explain in this guide exactly what it is for, how to use it to meet people who live near you e how to make yourself visible to other users.
With the People Near Telegram feature you can make new friends.
What is the People near Telegram function and what is it for?
People Nearby is an optional Telegram feature that offers the ability to contact users who are close to your location. This tool, which transforms Telegram in a kind of social network, it shows you a list of those people who are also registered in Close People and that yes found a few meters from you.
Of course, to use this feature you must first allow Telegram access to your location. Once this step is complete, you will see a list with all users near your location that you found within People Nearby and the exact meters that separate you from each of them.
If you want to contact one of these users, you just have to click on their name and you will go directly to the chat screen. Before doing that, you should know that Telegram protects your privacy when using this tool, since the your phone number will always remain hidden.
With People Near Telegram you can meet users close to your location.
In People Nearby, you can not only have one-on-one conversations, you can too join local groups created around you. Of course, you also have the option to create a local group in your area.
Another purpose of Close People is to quickly exchange contacts with someone who you just met. In this way, you just have to enter this section and click on your names respectively to share a conversation without having to exchange phone numbers.
In short, People Nearby is a very interesting - and also unknown - feature of Telegram that helps you meet new people who are close to your location. We continue to discover more information on using this tool.
See people and groups near you
As we said, People Nearby is used to see people and groups who are close to you. Obviously to access this information you must also be present in the section, which means that other users can see you too. Once you leave Close People, you will disappear from the list again.
We are talking about a function very easy to use, as you will see below. We explain step by step how to see people and groups near you on Telegram:
- Log into the Telegram app and slide the menu on the left.
- Click on the section "People nearby".
- Tap the "Allow Access" button in so that Telegram can access the location of the terminal. This step is essential in order to use this tool.
- Hello, you are already inside People Nearby. You can see users who also want to meet new people in the "People nearby" section. By default, the app only shows 5 contacts, although you can see the full list if you click on "Show more". Also, if you scroll down, you will also see local groups created in your environment.
How to make yourself visible to others or stop being so
As long as you are in the People Near section, other users who are using it and who are close to your location will be able to contact you. However, once you have exited the section, this visibility will disappear, as explained by Telegram on its website.
You always have the option to make yourself permanently visible in People Nearby in so that other users nearby can always contact you, whether you are within the section or not. To make yourself visible and stop being visible when you consider it, follow this procedure:
- Log into the Telegram app and swipe the menu on the left.
- Click on the section "People nearby".
- Toccata "Make me visible" just below the People Nearby banner.
- Confirmation that you want to show your profile in so that other users can see it and send you messages.
- When you no longer want to be visible to others, click "Stop showing me".
You have little else to know about this very particular Telegram function, one of the many that differentiates it from WhatsApp. You just have to encourage yourself to join close people and start conversations with users close to your location. Who knows, maybe the messaging platform could be responsible for meeting your future best friends for the first time.
