BANGALORE, INDIA: Foursquare app which helps people keep up and meet up with their friends and to discover places has now unbundled these two experiences into two separate apps, the Foursquare app and a new app called Swarm.
First off - right when you open the Swarm app you can see all your friends nearby which makes it easy to find friends to meet up with. Second - checking it is easier and faster and when you check-in, you can tag and check in your friends. And third - it is also easy to message your nearby friends and see if they want to hang out later, claims Microsoft.
Swarm lets you check in and letting your friends know what you're up to but also for seeing who is out nearby and who might want to hang out later.
Swarm is now available for Windows Phone devices and an updated Foursquare app will be available in the coming months for Windows and Windows Phone.