Nokia’s Friend View service has just gotten an update. The new update to the app now lets it run in background mode either has Normal or Active. This means every time the app updates it will notify you of friends who may be close to you and whatever their status is.

The Nokia Friend View service is meant to allow you to publish your status to all of your friends and give people your location and what you’re doing. It’s taking microblogging to the next step. So you can put up on your mobile that you’re at a coffee shop and let your friends know that they should come by.

It’s a clear indication of Nokia’s innovative efforts to connect people in new and exciting ways. This app and others like it are going to be featuring heavily in the upcoming Nokia N97 mobile, due out later this year.

For more information about the beta version of the app click here.

[via DailyMobile]