Fixing Zalo's 'Unable to Find Friends Nearby' Error

You can easily find your Zalo friends nearby using the 'find nearby' feature. However, sometimes you might face challenges with this feature. Let's explore how to fix Zalo's inability to find friends nearby to make friend searching easier.

Fixing 'Find Nearby' Error: Unable to Locate Suitable Results

Reasons for Zalo's Inability to Find Friends Nearby

The issue of Zalo's inability to find friends nearby is primarily due to the user's device. To use the 'find nearby' feature, the user's device must be equipped with and have the GPS location feature activated on Zalo for the app to accurately determine the user's location and provide a list of nearby users.

However, some users 'forget' to enable the GPS location feature or when the app prompts them to allow Zalo to access their location while using the app, they choose to deny it. This results in the error of not being able to find friends nearby on Zalo because the app cannot accurately determine the user's location. Besides forgetting to enable the GPS location feature, on some devices that lack GPS functionality, the 'find nearby' feature cannot be used, which is one of the reasons why the error of not finding nearby friends occurs on Zalo.

Fixing Zalo's Unable to Find Friends Nearby Error

Fixing Zalo's inability to find friends nearby is quite simple. Users just need to confirm Allow Zalo to access your location while you are using the app to help the app accurately recognize your location and display a list of users near your location. Additionally, you also need to ensure that your device is always connected to a stable internet connection because without internet connection, it will also cause the error of not finding friends nearby on Zalo.

Furthermore, in case users 'forget' to confirm the location access permission when first using the app, they can manually activate this GPS location feature through the following simple steps:

1. Fixing Zalo's Unable to Find Friends Nearby Error on Android

Step 1: From the user interface, access the Settings app and tap on Apps (applications)

Step 2: Upon opening the list of apps, locate and tap on the Zalo app.

Step 3: Next, tap on the Notification access option.

Step 4: Toggle the switch at the Location option to ON as shown in the image below.

2. How to Fix Zalo's Inability to Find Friends Nearby on iPhone

Step 1: From your device's home screen, access the Settings app >Privacy section

Step 2: In the privacy interface, tap on Location Services

Step 3: Locate and tap on the Zalo app, then change the option to allow location access to While Using the App

Here's the complete guide on quickly fixing the issue of not being able to find friends nearby, which your friends can proactively apply. Apart from finding friends nearby, the app also facilitates finding friends through the convenient virtual social network Facebook. For more details, we invite you to refer back to the article on finding Zalo friends on your phone using Facebook that we shared earlier.

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