Facebook has just become the competitor to Yelp and Foursquare with its new feature ‘Place Tips.’ Now when you walk into a business, it will show a pop up recommendations about the business.
So, if you are at a business, you will receive notification. You can launch this notification to show information about the place. This information include posts and photos from friends. You will also get information such a menu items. It will also show in your news feed when you are walking around a place.
By default, this feature is turn on and you need to turn off this if you find it annoying. To turn it off, go to settings, Location and turn or “Place tips in News feed.” Place tips will only appear if you have Facebook app permission to access your location on phone.
This feature is rolling our slowly and will work only for specific places. Facebook uses information from your wireless carrier, wi-fi and GPS to track your exact location. But company is also working on Bluetooth connectivity via beacons at businesses to get more accurate location details.
Source: Facebook Newsroom
