Telegram is one of the most used instant messaging applications in the world. The app directly competes with other top apps like WhatsApp, and Telegram is precisely looking to rival the Facebook platform by offering many unique modes and options .
All the tools and functions that Telegram assembles are the main reason why it is considered one of the best messaging applications in the world. The application has some very useful ones like all the bots it incorporates, the good security it guarantees or the option to find people and groups near you.
This last option will be precisely the one that we will comment on this time. The people nearby feature allows you to find other Telegram users who are close to you based on their location, which can be very useful. Do you want to know this Telegram function? Go for it.
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- How to highlight people who are meters away from you with the ‘Find People Nearby’ button?
- Allowing access to your location
- What do you need to do to confirm with the GPS the true distance of a ‘People Nearby’ contact?
- How to talk to individual chats that are close to you on Telegram?
- To chat in local groups
How to highlight people who are meters away from you with the ‘Find People Nearby’ button?
Entering the section of people nearby in Telegram is very simple, since this tool is visible to the naked eye in the application. You must bear in mind that this option will only show you people who have the tool activated and are in a range not far from you, and the main thing to access it is that you have created a Telegram account.
Allowing access to your location
To activate the option of nearby people in Telegram you have to first let the application access your location by giving it permission to use your GPS. This is extremely necessary because using your location is for Telegram to scan which users are close to you.
If you want to activate the option, you must first enter your Telegram from your mobile, click on the icon of the 3 horizontal lines in the upper right corner, and enter the “People nearby” section. The first time you enter that option, the application will ask you for permission to access your GPS and you must grant it.
Then, you must click on the “Make me visible” option to be able to access both the users and the Telegram groups that are close to you.
What do you need to do to confirm with the GPS the true distance of a ‘People Nearby’ contact?
When you enter the option of people near Telegram , either to see other users or to see the groups of this social network , the distance to which the person is located will appear below the contact.
Users who are up to 100 meters away from you usually appear, to others who are up to 5 kilometers away. The distance will depend on the person’s location at the time you activate the option. Therefore, you should know that if a person moves location and is no longer in your reading range, they will no longer appear as people nearby even if you have.
How to talk to individual chats that are close to you on Telegram?
When you enter the option of nearby people in Telegram and choose to explore in the users section and not in the groups section, you will see all those who have the application installed and have the option activated.
If you want to start a conversation with any of these users, you only have to enter the person’s profile and click on the conversation icon. The Telegram chat section will automatically open where you can write any message you want to the user.
Keep in mind that if the person you are writing to appeared in the list of people nearby, it is because that user at some point turned on the tool, since that option is not activated by itself.
We must also tell you that this tool is a good opportunity to meet new people , in true Tinder style. However, we recommend that you be very respectful with the people you write to and be very careful with whom you talk.
To chat in local groups
In the option of people near the Telegram app you also have a section where groups that are geographically located near you appear . Entering these groups can be very useful because you can find one that shares important information about the area in which you live.
To enter this type of groups, you just have to go to the section of nearby people in Telegram and explore until the end of the section you will see the groups.