Google updates iPhone map app

March 13, 2013 05:03 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 04:20 am IST - San Francisco

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FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2010 file photo, the company logo is displayed is at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Search engine giant Google Inc. is making Kansas City, Kan., the first place to get its new ultra-fast broadband network, the company announced Wednesday, March 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)

Google has made it even easier for users to find the things they want in the real world.

The web software giant has issued an update to its iPhone map app that allows you to touch a series of buttons below the search area to specify what you are looking for.

Four of the buttons allow you to specify restaurants, cafes, bars and petrol stations in your search, while a fifth button offers a menu of other options including hotels, hospitals and ATMs.

“So if you’re in a rush and need a quick coffee, just tap the search box, then the coffee cup icon, to see the cafes closest to you,” Google said in a blog post.

The new update also makes it possible for users to choose between miles and kilometres in the settings menu and to look up their friends’ addresses by typing their names in the search box. If users have saved their friends’ addresses in Google Contacts, the app will show them in the search results.

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