Another body to add to the Google Graveyard™. Anyone ever actually use this feature?
Anyone ever actually use this feature?
I didn’t even know it existed…
Submitted 5 months ago by pacmondo@sh.itjust.works to technology@lemmy.zip
Another body to add to the Google Graveyard™. Anyone ever actually use this feature?
Anyone ever actually use this feature?
I didn’t even know it existed…
I run a repair business, so it was handy at times to be able to field quick questions (can you fix X? How much will this part cost?)
Oh well, add it to the list.
Never even knew this was a thing. Sounds like it could’ve been handy if I’d known about it.
I glanced at the headline and for an instant thought that it said they are killing off Google Maps and got excited because OpenStreetMaps could finally shine.
OSM can shine, but I still end up back on Waze or maps depending where I am…
Apple maps took a while to be a drop in replacement too
I miss Google Chat. The original desktop application from the time before “app” was commonplace. It had a clean interface, uncluttered unlike AIM, and the voice calls were high quality.
Hangouts was worse than it in just about every way. Nowadays I just use discord since everyone else is using it as well.
I used this a lot to check in with businesses whether they accept credit cards, which is a 50:50 in Europe and large parts of Asia.
HELLO?! Yes, I have a message for place. “I wuz here.”
Thank God. I own a business and this thing was obnoxious. Google promoted it heavily as a feature businesses should turn on to improve ranking. But it was junk.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There was a messaging service inside Google Maps?
xor@infosec.pub 5 months ago
news to me as well….
rmuk@feddit.uk 5 months ago
Yeah, it was great! I loved Hangout Business Talk for Google Maps Chat.
/s
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There’s one for photos, too.