
A new 2.0.0 update is live for the Nintendo Switch Online app, and patch notes mention ability to see friends that are online and more.

Screenshot management is easier than ever.
Four more classic games have just popped up on Nintendo Switch Online, with members having access to Survival Kids, Gradius: The Interstellar Assault, Kirby’s Star Stacker, and The Sword of Hope. Survival Kids is the one lone Game Boy Boy title here. Everything else represents the original Game Boy.
Arriving next week.
Still no ability to message friends. Why Nintendo?!
I just can't fathom why this company takes so damn long in doing basic things, can't even critique it cause they just don't care lol
I don’t get it. We’ve always been able to see which friends are online, see our friend codes and change our online status.
That rewards system overhaul has been long overdue, for the longest time the only way to get platinum points was logging in to 3DS or Wii U shop and receiving the email updates. Hopefully we now have a chance to actually purchase some of the merchandise. I ain't wasting platinum points on those new avatars though.
Just need a party chat system, message a friend, and drop the dumbass code to add a friend.