Facebook will soon be releasing the geolocation check-in Foursquare competitor feature.

Cnet report stated that the firm will soon be offering the latest geolocation API that helps users update their status messages with the exact locations.

The developers can easily be able to integrate the API into their apps to proffer the latest location-based services and games to users.

Facebook representative Larry Yu through a statement explained, "We are working on location features and product integrations, which we'll be launching in the coming months, and we'll share more details when appropriate."

The latest API will aid Facebook to bring an emerging location-based application developer that offers the services on the 500 million-strong Facebook ecosystem.

Cnet source claims that Facebook engineers are currently dwelling with Localeze, the firm that powers Twitter's "Places" directory to develop the API.