Yelp adds an AI caller to check restaurant wait times
Original title: Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaurant
Check for Me phones the restaurant for the user, texts back the wait, and a $30-a-month Smart Lead Reply product targets businesses.
Yelp is adding Check for Me, a voice agent that calls a restaurant to ask about wait times after the user enters a party size and phone number, then texts the result. The Yelp AI assistant is also gaining OpenTable booking, memory of stated preferences, 30 days of chat history, and custom reminders. Businesses can pay $30 per month for Smart Lead Reply, which answers inquiries and qualifies leads under rules the owner sets. Yelp says weekly personalized recommendations based on saved items start next month.
- Users can book through a new OpenTable integration without leaving the Yelp app.
- Chat history covers the past 30 days, with full history planned later.
- New lists start with “Been Here” and “Want to Go,” and can be filtered and shared.
- A maps view and converted collections are planned later in the year.
- Vendors
- Yelp
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Yelp is embedding numerous new AI features into its app that can do everything from call to check on restaurant wait times to create personalized recommendations that remember your preferences.
By Ivan Mehta · techcrunch.com
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