Nintendo Switch: new update means you can add Facebook and Twitter friends

Nintendo Switch: new update means you can add Facebook and Twitter friends

By Emma Boyle

There’s a brand new firmware update for the Nintendo Switch available now that should make it a whole lot easier to connect with your friends.

Released on March 12, update 5.0 brings a few changes to the system, but the most significant is that you can now add your Facebook and Twitter friends through the console’s Friend Suggestions section.

You will, of course have to link your social media accounts to your Nintendo Switch accounts and your social media friends will have to have done the same for them to appear as a suggestion. But it’s a far easier way to connect than posting your Friend Code out into the wild on your social media platform of choice in the hopes fellow Switch players will pick it up.

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Outside of this, there have also been some parental control changes. To make parental control PIN entry less obvious, the default entry method is now to use the control stick and buttons rather than the on-screen touch pad. If this doesn’t suit, you can always change back to the traditional method by holding the plus button when the entry prompt appears.

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Source:: techradar.com – Gaming

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