Google Maps now lets you and your friends quickly vote on where to hang out next

The days of endless group chat conversations about where the party should drink coffee, eat or go clubbing, are over! At least that’s what Google is hoping for with the new feature it’s adding to Google Maps: Group planning.

Group planning is seamlessly integrated into the Maps app and allows you to create a list of places of interest for your friends group, so you can quickly find out which one is preferred by the majority. While the obvious use case is picking up a restaurant to eat at, the function works for any sort of Google Maps locations. To add one to the list, you just tap and ...