Cafe Now: Cafes Near You

Now available worldwide. Find a cafe near you with one swipe — in English, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese.

"Let's grab a coffee somewhere." You open a map app, see fifty pins, and end up deciding nothing. Cafe Now exists to delete that indecision.

■ Swipe, and decide on the spot Cafes near you come up one at a time, each with a big photo. Not feeling it? Swipe past. Looks good? Tap Go. That's the whole app.

■ Save the ones for another day Somewhere you like but can't get to today? Tap the bookmark. It waits for you in your Cafe Log.

■ The places you go become your record "7 this month." "45% roastery." Every cafe you actually visit gets counted, and your own taste starts to show.

■ Share what you found Send the name and a map link straight to your messages. Whoever gets it taps once and the place opens — handy for deciding where to meet.

■ Works when you travel Available in English, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese. The app follows your device language, and place names come back in the local language.

■ Good for · A break in the middle of the workday · Killing twenty minutes before you meet someone · Finding somewhere decent in a city you don't know · Hunting for a quiet table to work at

■ How it works Allow location access. That's it — no account, no sign-in. Search radius goes from 500 m to 6 km.

Your Cafe Log is stored on your device and never sent anywhere. Place information is provided by Google Maps Platform.