Facebook Testing ‘Send a Wave’ Feature Within Nearby Friends

Poke + Nearby Friends = Send a Wave?

Poke + Nearby Friends = Send a Wave?

Reader Matteo Gamba shared the screenshot below with SocialTimes, in which the Poke-like Send a Wave feature was added to his Nearby Friends section, and a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to SocialTimes that Send a Wave is a new feature the social network is testing, adding:

We are testing a new feature within Nearby Friends allowing people to send their friends a waving hand emoji to say hello and help them meet up.

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