Meet up with friends more easily with Nokia Pulse beta

After we introduced Nokia Pulse as beta for Windows Phone last October we have been collecting all your feedback and we are now able to offer you a revisited experience and new features.
Nearly half of all people that beta tested Nokia Pulse say they use it every day and they made us realize that Nokia Pulse is ideal to meet up with friends. So, for today’s release we have been focusing on this use-case scenario and how to simplify it even further.

We like to say that Nokia Pulse is smarter messaging. It automatically tags what you send with where you are, and even lets you suggest a place to meet, complete with ratings and reviews, map, directions, and more. You can do this all in one Nokia Pulse message, instead of sending text after text to say where you are and decide where to meet.

Download Nokia Pulse now
Press the Search button on your Nokia Lumia and then tap Vision
Scan the barcode
Tap on the link when it appears on the screen
Install the application from the Windows Phone Marketplace
How to use Nokia Pulse to meet up with friends

Nokia Pulse is as easy as text messaging, but much more powerful. If you want to suggest a place to meet, thanks to the Nokia Maps integration, you can automatically add details like ratings, reviews, the website URL and even a link to call the place directly, all from within Nokia Pulse.

When your friends receive your message, they can tap once to see the location on a map and tap again to get walking, drive or public transit directions when they’re ready to go. To follow up a conversation you can now pin it to start and receive the latest notifications in the relevant live tile.

Jenny from the Pulse team shares her experience on the latest Nokia Pulse beta.

“I had landed in Berlin for a business trip. While waiting for a taxi, I checked Nokia Pulse to see what happened in our game at home. I noticed that one of my football teammates was staying at a hotel in Berlin Mitte, close to where I was staying.”

“I immediately sent him a Nokia Pulse message asking if he was free any nights. He was available that night so I found a great new restaurant that was close to both of our hotels, and I sent him a Nokia Pulse message, which already included the reviews and ratings and directions, asking if he’d like to eat there.”

“We agreed to meet at 8 so I called the restaurant directly from Nokia Pulse and made a reservation. After I checked in to my hotel, I went back to the Nokia Pulse message and got walking directions to the restaurant. We had a great time at dinner, and since we were both there all week, we made plans to meet again on Thursday to watch the Germany/Italy football match. What a great way to spend part of my trip!”

Nokia Pulse has just got even better

During the last months we’ve been also working on additional improvements:

You can now sign-in on Nokia Pulse with your Facebook account
You can start a new conversation as soon as you open Nokia Pulse
The Nokia Pulse live tile now shows more information about unread messages
The overall performance of Nokia Pulse has been improved
You can now consolidate multiple email addresses for a person…
…and more easily correct a misspelled email address
Your friend who aren’t using Nokia Pulse just yet will get a direct link to the mobile client for their specific phone for a mobile Nokia Pulse experience
If you already have Nokia Pulse on your Windows Phone, you will soon get a notification from the Windows Phone Marketplace to download the update. Alternatively, you can scan the QR code in this post from your Nokia Lumia to be taken to the download page.

Download Nokia Pulse beta today on your Nokia Lumia 610, Nokia Lumia 710, Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 900.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: There might be a publishing delay (1-2 days) on Windows Phone Marketplace in your country or region. The new version of Nokia Pulse on Windows Phone Marketplace will show version 0.9.0.0. Check for that version when you launch Windows Phone Marketplace and try to download. If you see 0.8.0.0, then it’s the old version of Nokia Pulse. Just wait a bit until the Windows Phone Marketplace page updates. Thanks for your patience!