Google kills off Android’s spam-ridden Nearby Notifications

guest · Oct 25, 2018

Google kills off Android’s spam-ridden Nearby Notifications
Nearby notifications will stop completely on December 6
October 25, 2018
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/25/google-ends-android-nearby-notifications/

After launching just three years ago, Google is putting an end to Nearby Notifications on Android. The feature, which was intended to serve up location-specific information, had recently become inundated with marketers and spammers. Android users will stop receiving Nearby Notifications entirely on December 6.

The idea was that developers could set up location-based beacons that would ping a person's device stuff they might like to know, like where to find free Wi-Fi or when the next bus is scheduled to arrive.

Unfortunately, Nearby Notifications became bogged down by annoying notifications from spammers. In a blog post, Google copped to the problem and said the feature was "leading to a poor user experience."
[...] Developers will have to switch over to other APIs in order create proximity-based alerts -- at least until spammers figure out how to ruin that too.
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