Google has rebranded its Places app as Google+ Local and added Voice Search, an improved UI, and improved security.
Google Places is now Google+ Local! Everything you loved about Google Places and more. With Google+ Local you can see reviews from your friends, decide where to go with Zagat's summaries of places and review your favorite places.
What's New In This Version: Google Places is now Google+ Local! Everything you loved about Google Places and more.
With Google+ Local you can see reviews from your friends, decide where to go with Zagat's summaries of places and review your favorite places.
In addition to this, we've added:
* Ability to search via Voice Search. Simply tap the microphone and speak your query
* Improved UI for searching for places that aren't nearby.
* Switched to using OAuth2 login for improved security
* And of course bug fixes... :)
You can download Google+ Local from the App Store for free.
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NoGoodNick - July 3, 2012 at 2:01pm
Ah, a new reason for me not to bother with Places, as I'll never join Google+. I like many Google products, just they simply insist on shoving other unpopular items like this down our throats!
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