Last week, Google announced that it would be killing the Google+ Local app for iOS. Not to worry though as Google is making its retirement more bearable with a completely redesigned Zagat app.
The app features a brand new design that will be consistent with the other Google Apps on iOS and Android. There’s a left column navigation menu when you swipe from the left with options for lists, videos, favorites, nearby places, and more. The new Zagat app integrates with Google Maps and provides location-based search results on a map.
Google hopes the new Zagat app will be used for more than just looking up places to eat as there’s sections for watching video interviews and reading articles about food. The content provided by Zagat is great, seeing as it’s a professional reviews site. There are curated top 10 lists as well as “Editor’s Picks.”
The competition is strong between Google’s Zagat/Local services and Yelp so the new apps should help Google steal some market share from the user reviews site. To check it out for yourself, download it from the links below.
