Proximity capabilities are only just beginning to be explored in a meaningful way with new APIs to help bridge the gap between location-orientated features and a personalized mobile experience to users.

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Location-based APIs are getting smarter

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Location is vital to certain apps, including those
providing users with weather updates. Accuracy is
essential if information is to be delivered in real
time and to be of any relevance to a specific
person.
Proximity capabilities are only just beginning to be
explored in a meaningful way with new APIs to
help bridge this gap.
What’s this about?

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Pinpoint precision of Nearby
This month Google previewed a
new API which it has designed for
both Android and Apple‘s iOS,
according to ZDNet.
The ‘Nearby’ API aims to address
the proximity issue, enabling
apps and their users to locate
one another within a specific
geographic area and thus
facilitating data transfer and
other forms of interaction.

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Tackling security misconceptions
Concerns about privacy with relation location-based APIs have
been longstanding, but with Google’s latest effort any users are
required to opt in to share data with others in the vicinity. This
means that information will not be given out automatically but
requires active consent.
This should soften fears over the extent to which apps using it
will be snooping at users’ data.

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What will this mean?
As proximity capabilities improve, apps of all kinds can
become more adaptive, communicative and flexible for
social purposes.

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