Google Maps is updated on iPhone with restaurant wait times

How many times have you gone to your favorite restaurant and had to stand in a long queue, until your stomach said enough? The truth is that, when hunger strikes, waiting in a restaurant is one of the least desirable things in the world. So Google Maps has set out to provide a solution for the most anxious users, as long as they don't have to suffer an endless queue.

It will do so through a new functionality in its application for iOS, the operating system of the iPhone.With which it will warn users of the expected waiting time for restaurants It will not be real-time information, but it will be the average waiting hour by hour all the days.

It will, in fact, be an average similar to what Google does with the expected influx in the different establishments that appear on Google Maps. Whether restaurants, cafeterias, shops or malls.

The Google Maps application is updated for iPhone

Users who have an iPhone and want to update their Google Maps application will do so to version 4.4.7. This includes information on average wait times for more than a million restaurants. There is nothing.

To this feature, which is not the only one that comes on board this version, we must add the new ease of being able to search for opinions or reviews of very specific restaurants .

When accessing the restaurant's information, you will be able to see a graph with the forecast of influx for that specific day. Right at the bottom, Google Maps will now show you the approximate wait time, also for that day.

Although if you wish, by clicking on the tab corresponding to the day, you will also have the option to consult the influx and waiting time for other daysThis will come in handy if you haven't made an appointment today and need to plan a visit for another day or the weekend.

You will see, in addition to information about waiting times in different hourly intervals, the time that people usually spend there. This will also give you an idea of ​​how long you will be in the restaurant. An ideal option if after lunch you have to return to work or if after finishing dinner you have to go to the theater.

This functionality has already arrived for users all over the world. So if you have an iPhone and you live in Spain, we recommend you try the update. You will see that in a few minutes you have this new functionality installed on your phone. Keep in mind, however, that this feature will not be available for all restaurants. Although Google has indicated that more than a million establishments will include it, it is still early to find it in all or almost all. It is likely, yes, that the most famous restaurants already have this feature. You just have to try it.

More features of the Google Maps update

But we have more news. In addition to offering this new feature to get information about restaurants, the Google Maps app for iOS has been updated with a new feature, very useful for regular users of public transport

And from now on users will obtain more detailed information about the stops and entrances they have to take to reach their destination. This is a feature that will be available in different cities, including (luckily) Madrid and Barcelona It will also be operational in New York, Hong Kong, Taipei, Paris, Los Angeles, Delhi, Moscow, Singapore, Kiev and Budapest.