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04-08-2016, 08:18 PM
Facebook is greeting some users with a weather forecast
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You're already using Facebook for pretty (http://mashable.com/2015/09/08/facebook-shopping-and-services/) much (http://mashable.com/2015/12/16/facebook-messenger-uber-transportation/) everything (http://mashable.com/2016/03/18/facebook-messenger-basketball/), so why **t have your morning weather forecast while you're there as well?
This seems to be the line of reasoning behind Facebook's new feature, apparently available only to a small subset of users and **ticed (http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2016/04/08/facebook-testing-weather-alerts-mobile-apps/) Friday by The Next Web. Some of them — mostly in the UK — are being greeted with a short "good morning" message with a weather forecast for their location.*
SEE ALSO: Angry about the rain? Call this hotline to complain about the weather (http://mashable.com/2016/03/29/rain-hotline/)
The feature is definitely **t live for everyone; for example, ** one at Mashable that I've asked has received the messages. But there's more than one report on Twitter, as you can see below.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/facebook-weather-forecast/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/uP9y26-rzQg
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You're already using Facebook for pretty (http://mashable.com/2015/09/08/facebook-shopping-and-services/) much (http://mashable.com/2015/12/16/facebook-messenger-uber-transportation/) everything (http://mashable.com/2016/03/18/facebook-messenger-basketball/), so why **t have your morning weather forecast while you're there as well?
This seems to be the line of reasoning behind Facebook's new feature, apparently available only to a small subset of users and **ticed (http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2016/04/08/facebook-testing-weather-alerts-mobile-apps/) Friday by The Next Web. Some of them — mostly in the UK — are being greeted with a short "good morning" message with a weather forecast for their location.*
SEE ALSO: Angry about the rain? Call this hotline to complain about the weather (http://mashable.com/2016/03/29/rain-hotline/)
The feature is definitely **t live for everyone; for example, ** one at Mashable that I've asked has received the messages. But there's more than one report on Twitter, as you can see below.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/08/facebook-weather-forecast/)
More about Facebook (http://mashable.com/category/facebook/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and Social Media (http://mashable.com/social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/uP9y26-rzQg