TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates generally to facilitating interactions between devices hosting a messaging application.

BACKGROUND

The popularity of computer-implemented tools that permit users to access and interact with content and other users online continues to grow. For example, various computer-implemented tools exist that permit users to share content with other users through messaging applications or to play with other users online in multiplayer video games. Some of such computer-implemented tools, termed applications or apps, can be designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, a tablet, or a watch. Mobile devices can be configured to communicate over the Internet, as well as over short range wireless communication technology, such as, e.g., Bluetooth®. A Bluetooth® sensor, when enabled on a mobile device, scans for other Bluetooth®-enabled devices and, also, advertises its presence to other Bluetooth-enabled devices. A user can manually disable Bluetooth® scanning and advertising, as well as to manually re-enable Bluetooth® scanning and advertising, based on the user's needs for short range wireless communication.

