You’ve been on the road all day. You have the craving for a certain food. It could be Italian, Mexican, Chinese or soul. You find the perfect place to grub. But you pull up and find the place either closed for the day or out of business altogether. Computer Geeks has found out that Google has a remedy for this.
Google Maps can now inform travelers if a certain destination will be open or closed by the time the traveler arrives. With this feature, you’ll get a notice if you’re navigation toward a place that’s closed. Not only that, you’ll be told if the place will be closed by your estimated time arrival. Remember that soul food restaurant that’s only 15 minutes away? If it closes in 10 minutes, Google Maps will tell you. It’ll save the traveler lots of frustration and embarrassment. The notice pops up in the middle of your smartphone screen. If you want to be big, bad, and race there before closing time, you can select Start Navigation. If you want to do the right thing and take heed, you can hit cancel. Other updates include bug fixes and rental car reservation updates from your Gmail. This new service of Google Maps should be available through Play Store. Note the key word: should.
Before I go somewhere, I always use Google Maps to look up restaurants, bars, hotels, coffee shops, movie theaters, etc. Not only do I use Google Maps to look for places, and the ratings, I look for opening and closings. What can I say? I don’t want to get embarrassed. But not everybody is a meticulous traveler like I am. So for the more spontaneous traveler, this is perfect. And if you’re on the road just looking for a place to do whatever, this is great. I highly recommend getting this new Google Map source. How will these new features benefit you?