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Nearby and location

Updated 2026-08-21 · Applies to: iPhoneAndroid

What Nearby shows, how precise your location is to others, and how to change the radius.

Nearby and location

Nearby is the Pulse filter for what's happening around you — local creators, local humour, local music, local events.

What it uses

Nearby needs your location permission while you're using the app. With it, the filter shows videos from your city, or from the radius you set in Settings → Content → Nearby radius. Without it, Nearby falls back to the city you set on your profile.

What others see

If you choose to share location on a video, viewers see a city or area — never a street, a pin, or a distance to you. You decide per video at publish time, and you can turn the default off in Settings → Visibility.

Tubaar never shows your exact location to anyone.

Worldwide still counts

Nearby is one filter, not a wall. For You keeps surfacing global content, and worldwide Scenes connect you to everyone who cares about the same thing wherever they are.