Google Maps will help you find a nice restaurant near you. In the new tab ‘For you’ you will receive personal recommendations for eating out.
Google Maps For you: personal restaurant recommendations
Google Maps will now keep users up to date with all the restaurant news in the area. In the new ‘For you’ tab you will find an overview of new cafes and bars in your hometown. The app also lets you know when your favorite eatery has a new menu or changes the opening hours.
The restaurant owners themselves pass on this information, but Maps also collects news items from websites. That way, the maps app becomes a foodie and you are always up to date with the latest restaurants.
By default, Google Maps displays the news from your hometown or neighborhood, but you can add as many places as you want. This makes the For You tab useful not only for people who like to visit new places, but also for when you are on vacation and don’t know the area. This way you can start looking for nice restaurants before the journey begins.
This way you add an area yourself
Adding and following areas yourself is very easy:
- Download the latest version of Google Maps in the App Store;
- Open the app and go to the For you tab;
- Tap the gear at the top right;
- Press ‘Add area’ and zoom to the area of ​​your choice.
In the same menu you can also unfollow areas and add specific places. Use this function to compile a ‘wish list’ of restaurants. The recommendations are also tailor-made.
This will make them better as you provide Google with more information. For example, if you regularly write negative reviews about a certain type of cuisine (such as French or Mexican), Google Maps will no longer serve these types of restaurants in the feed.