Enlarge / The Google Phone's Play Store listing still touts Nearby Places as a major feature. (credit: Google) 9to5Google reports that Google has killed off the Google Phone app's "nearby places" feature. Google announced the impending death of the feature in February, saying: "We’ve found only a very small number of people use this feature, and the vast majority of users go to Google Search or Maps when seeking business-related phone numbers." Now it's really dead. Google kills product Google’s phone app no longer searches Google Maps Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead Google announces April 2024 shutdown date for Google Podcasts Google News is shutting down purchased magazine content, offering refunds This week’s dead Google products: Google Podcasts, basic Gmail, and more! View more stories The "Nearby Places" feature in the Google Phone app seemed like a useful and common-sense feature.