Android now lets you search for hotels and restaurants you can actually afford

<div id="header" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px;"> <header class="header container" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="margin: 0px auto 18px; padding: 0px 15px 15px; width: 768px; zoom: 1;"><h1 class="h1" itemprop="headline" style="font-size: 41.6px; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px;"> <span style="color: #6aa84f;">Android now lets you search for hotels and restaurants you can actually afford</span></h1> <div class="byline" style="color: #333333; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; overflow: hidden; text-transform: uppercase; zoom: 1;"> <span class="byline-container" style="float: left; overflow: visible; text-overflow: ellipsis; width: auto;"><span class="timeago" datetime="2014-04-25T16:11:00-04:00"><b>APRIL 25TH 2014, AT 4:11:00 PM ET</b></span></span><a class="comment-count" href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/25/android-search-hotel-and-restaurant-filters/#comments" style="color: #3399cc; float: right; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><i class="s-comment-bubble-black-12" style="background-image: url(http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/s-1x-s2c4a07921b.png); background-position: 0px -1404px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 11px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; overflow: hidden; text-indent: -9999em; vertical-align: middle; width: 11px; zoom: 1;"></i> <span class="livefyre-commentcount" data-lf-article-id="20875931" data-lf-site-id="296092" itemprop="interactionCount">0</span></a></div> </header></div> <div class="container " id="page" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Segoe UI', proxima-nova, proxima-nova-1, proxima-nova-2, 'Proxima Nova', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.796875px; margin: 0px auto; overflow: hidden; width: 768px; zoom: 1;"> <div id="body" style="float: left; width: 768px;"> <div class="copy post-body" itemprop="text" style="-webkit-background-clip: padding-box; background-clip: padding-box; background-color: white; border-bottom-left-radius: 4px; border-bottom-right-radius: 4px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; padding: 0px 15px 15px;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/25/android-search-hotel-and-restaurant-filters/" style="color: #3399cc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Restaurant filter in Android search" data-credit="Google" data-mep="233635" src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/5dafb0908a709f0f8bcfc3c7a459709e/200071832/google-restaurant-search-filter-android.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; height: auto !important; max-width: 100%;" /></a></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> So far, Android search hasn't been very discriminating when it comes to hotels and restaurants; finding a posh eatery one block away is no use if you can't afford it. Google is about to provide relief to wallets everywhere, though, as it just updated the mobile search app to include filters <em>à la</em> Foursquare or Yelp. Ask for a place to eat or stay and you can narrow the results by price range, cuisine style, rating and hours. The upgraded search only works in the US at the moment, but it should eventually be a boon to anyone who's looking for a cheap bite or a late-night crash pad.</div> </div> </div> </div>

Android now lets you search for hotels and restaurants you can actually afford

Android now lets you search for hotels and restaurants you can actually afford APRIL 25TH 2014, AT 4:11:00 PM ET   0 So far, And...

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