Facebook Is Testing a Beefed-Up Version of Its Local Search

Yelp, Foursquare and Google Maps probably don't need to worry ... yet

Facebook is quietly testing enhancements to its local search functionality, the social network confirmed to Sarah Perez of TechCrunch.

Via both mobile and desktop, some users (including myself) who enter queries such as “bars nearby” or “restaurants nearby” into their search bars are seeing information on those businesses including address, phone number, hours of operation, ratings from Facebook users (five-star system) and number of users who have rated them, pricing (dollar signs from one to four, with one representing lowest and four highest), maps, photos and whether friends have checked in at those businesses.

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