You can usually check Google Maps to find the quickest route home or navigate a new neighborhood, but the search giant hopes to expand the way you use its app. There's a new feature in Google Maps: a community feed. It's similar to the news feed on your Facebook or Instagram account, except it's designed to keep you up to date with what's happening in your area, with information provided by the locals. Includes recommendations for local places, reviews from Google Local Guides, and photos of your favorite foods. When you follow your local businesses on Maps, you now get updates directly from them, like new takeout and delivery options. You'll find the new community feed in the "Explore" tab of Google Maps and you can tailor it to your interests. If you've followed some vegetarian restaurants or shown an interest in Italian cuisine, Maps will show you more of these recommendations.
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(Image credit: Google) However, you will be able to use the new feature for more than your region. If you're looking for something new, you'll be able to scroll the map and find the information provided almost anywhere in the world, at least that's what Google decided to do. Much of this information was already available on Google Maps in one form or another, but certain aspects have become especially useful in recent months: businesses have been able to post updates about their new opening hours or let customers know they were moving your operations online. But that was only available if you searched for that specific company's profile; now you can show up in one place and one that can be arranged specifically for you. In a statement on his blog, a Google spokesperson said that during initial testing of the new feature, "we found that merchant posts are seen twice as often as they were before the feed existed." The new feature is rolling out to all phones running iOS or Android.