Google Maps gains better restaurant search, enhanced weather info and more

Google Maps for iOS (OpenTable reservations, Material Design 001)

Google has bumped its Maps for iOS app to version 4.2, bringing out a few new features and improvements that enhance your experience concerning searching for restaurants, retrieving weather information and more.

You can now find restaurants by cuisine type in Google Maps 4.2 for the iPhone and iPad and (at last) access weather information for other cities around the world, not just for your current location.

In addition, the Internet giant has added transit directions to your calendar and you can now drop a pin for your starting and destination points when mapping out your route in both directions and navigation.

Google Maps 4.2 changelog:

  • Filter searches for restaurants by cuisine type
  • See current weather information for cities around the world
  • Drop a pin for your starting and destination points in directions and navigation
  • Add transit directions to your calendar
  • Bug fixes

Download Google Maps free in the App Store.