Google Maps on your Pixel will now match pictures of food to the restaurant's menu

Have you ever explored restaurants on Google Maps and been left wanting to know the name of a particular dish that you saw in a photo uploaded by users? Well, Google is working on solving that by tagging real photos uploaded by diners with useful data like the name and price.

All sites registered in Maps have a ‘Photos’ tab where people can upload pics to complement their reviews of their experience. Now, in the case of restaurants, Google Maps will include a small card in the lower-left corner of the food photos with a description. Depending on the restaurant, the card will show you how much it costs, if the dish is popular among diners, and even if it is vegetarian.

It should be noted that the Google Maps system collects data directly from the information uploaded by users and by the restaurants themselves, but it does not directly verify all the items. So, in case you find an error in the name or information of a dish, you can suggest an edit by selecting one of the four reasons below:

Since the Google Maps automatic identification of dishes depends directly on the information provided by users or by the restaurant itself, the small card is not available in all photos. For example, this may occur for food without user comments with related key info, or without information provided directly by the restaurant.

With this, Google seeks to continue adding functionalities and features to its services that streamline the user experience by reducing the number of times you have to switch between multiple apps to check a piece of information, similar to the system that the company patented regarding a smart suggestion system for Google Messages.

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