Google Maps Now Recommends Places You May Like, Without Searching for Anything

Google is adding an interesting twist to its Maps service. It is now using your ratings from Hotpot, now part of Google Places, to highlight plates you may like on the map.

These places will be marked and you'll be able to see that you've rated them previously.

"This list is now being used to personalize your view of Google Maps, enabling you to visualize all the various places you’ve visited, loved, loathed, and might want to check out right on the map," Google explains.

But that's just half the story, Google will also start highlighting places that it thinks you may like based on your previous recommendations and ratings. Essentially, it's building a recommendations engine into Google Maps.

So far, the recommendations only kicked in when you searched for something, either on Google Search or in Maps. Now, you don't even have to search for something.