Foursquare facelifted

PC Mag writes.

For days, the check-in king batted its eyes and tweeted the hashtag #allnew4sq, with little detail of what the company was planning for its redesign. Now, with a focus on simplicity and usability, the redesigned apps are bringing a whole new experience to users.

The Mobile Indian reports that Foursquare has released the fifth version of its official app for Apple iOS and Google's Android platform. The new Foursquare app for iOS and Android is claimed to be re-imagined and shows a major redesign. Foursquare app now shows bigger contextual boxes with swipeable photos, quick 'Like', and smartly implemented Explore function.

The new Foursquare app looks cleaner, neat and carries eye-friendly menus as well as stream. The app now shows three major tabs - Friends, Explore and Me (user's profile). Friends tab shows the stream of places where the user's friends have been along with the photos and capability to add a comment and 'Like' it quickly. Each check-in of a friend is shown as a box with a contextual icon next to the mugshot, comment and like button at bottom-right corner.