Did you know that you can now take photos of your paper menu and let Google Business Profiles make that into a digital menu for your local restaurant listing on Google Search and Google Maps?

In New Google Business Profile AI tool creates a menu from an image, Claudia Tomina explains how this new feature works, its benefits and whether you should use it.

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