Google Maps becomes a social network and is better than it looks

Few map apps available in Spain have the caliber of Google Maps. The Google Maps application has gone from being a simple GPS driving application. Thanks to its information on all types of travel (including public transport) and information on local businesses, it has become an essential element for almost any type of user.

What’s the next step? Well, it seems to turn the map application into a social network. Not a social network like the typical ones that now cross your mind (Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok or Facebook) but a social network by definition.

Google Maps launches its own social network

One of the key aspects of Google Maps is its platform Local guides, users who upload content to the Maps application. In this way, when we look at the information on a restaurant we can see the photographs taken by users, in order to have an idea of ​​what the site we are going to visit will be like. According to Google, these users make around 20 million contributions a day, and all of this information can be used more efficiently than simply viewing it in the places we seek.

Google has launched a new window known as community feed. In it, you will see nearby information that was recently posted by Local guides trusted, business and people we follow via the Follow button, located in each position. In addition to this button, in each publication we can see the photographs, the comment of the person who made the publication, press the button I like it and see where the place we’re reviewing is located.

This new feature is starting to roll out today for all Android and iOS users at the same time. As usual, these kinds of massive updates usually hit our phones in a staggered fashion, so even if you run to Google Play and download the application, you may still have to wait a few hours or days.