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Google removes Nearby Places feature from Phone app
Google offers several applications and one among them is the Phone app, which comes with several elements, to provide a seamless calling experience. However, a report suggests that Google is removing one of its prominent features Nearby Places from the Phone app.
As per the information of Google, there is a very small number of people who use this feature as the vast majority of users go to Google Search or Maps when seeking business-related phone numbers.
Some people liked this capability for its convenience and one-stop nature, but Nearby Places wasn’t as accurate as Google Maps in our experience. So, this could be the reason, why Google is planning to pull out the Nearby Placed feature from its Phone app.
- For existing users of Nearby Places in the Phone by Google app, you can easily fulfill the same needs by typing a local business name into Google Search or Google Maps, which provides even more helpful information beyond phone numbers, such as address/directions, website info, and more.
Accordingly, this removal will let the team “focus on building the highest quality, most reliable, and most innovative experiences in phone calls.
To be mentioned, this feature allowed business name search queries entered into the Phone app to provide local business phone number results beyond just your personal contacts.
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