SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s ( GOOGL.O) Google Maps on Thursday introduced a redesign that plainly gets users’ reviews and pictures of locations they go to, seeking to grow its information in a field led by regional search apps such as Zomato, TripAdvisor and Yelp.
FILE PICTURE: The Google Maps app logo is seen on a smart device in this picture illustration taken September 15,2017 REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Picture
The make over, which coincides with Google Maps’ 15 th birthday, presents a “Contribute” tab to a menu at the bottom of the service’s mobile app, Google stated in a blog post.
The relocation could draw concern from Yelp Inc ( YELP.N), TripAdvisor Inc ( TRIP.O) and other companies that have actually encouraged antitrust examinations into whether Google has poorly utilized its supremacy in search to