There’s nothing worse than going out for dinner, only to realise you’ve made an awful meal-choice when your food arrives.
But the days of staring wistfully at your friends’ meals could be a thing of the past, thanks to Google Maps’ latest feature.
The app now highlights a restaurant’s most popular dishes, helping you to place your order with confidence.
The feature uses machine learning to match dish names with relevant photos and reviews posted on Google.
This allows you to see what a restaurant’s dishes actually look like and what previous diners have thought, rather than relying on menu descriptions.
To access the feature, simply pull up a restaurant on Google Maps.
The most popular dishes will be displayed in the overview tab, while the most talked-about meals can be found in the menu tab, alongside customer photos and reviews.
Google explained: “At the end of the day, popular dishes are made possible by the contributions from people around the world who want to help others using Google Maps.
“So if you want to pay it forward to the next diner, simply take a photo of your meal (before you’ve scarfed it down!) and we’ll ask you to add a dish name so others can know what’s good on the menu.”
The popular dishes feature is live now on Google Maps for Android devices, and will be rolled out to iOS users in the coming months.
