We see people showing love and support for local businesses in Google Search and Maps by leaving photos, writing reviews or updating factual information like a store’s new hours. Leave reviews and updates as part of a community challenge

Today, we’re introducing three new Google Maps features that will help make sharing and finding local recommendations and information easier. This community of contributors who help others by updating Google Maps has reached a new milestone: 150 million Local Guides around the world.

And at the heart of the fresh information you see on Google Maps are Local Guides. These community-led updates help people everywhere make better decisions about what to do and where to go. To make sure your map reflects the real world, we make it easy for anyone with a Google account to contribute their local knowledge about more than 200 million places in Google Maps. With all the change our world saw over the past year, people are relying more than ever on high-quality, updated information about the places around them - like if a nearby restaurant is open or if a local grocery store has updated hours.

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