Snapchat adds restaurant reservations, reviews, and ride-hailing to Stories

Snapchat is taking a move straight out of Google's playbook with a new feature that adds restaurant reviews, reservation booking, and ride-hailing directly to snaps.

The feature is called context cards, and it allows Snapchat to surface information related to a particular restaurant or business when someone views a publicly-viewable Snap related to that place. 

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Now, when you view a Snap that's part of an "Our Story," Snaps that have contextual information available will have a "more" menu. Swipe up on these Snaps and you'll see a feed of details related to that location, including business hours, contact information, ratings and reviews, and links to table-booking and ride hailing services. Read more...

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