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RelayHub includes Google Places integration, allowing you to search for businesses, locations, and addresses directly in chat. Get ratings, phone numbers, hours, websites, reviews, and more — all through natural conversation.
Google Places works for all users automatically — no Google account connection required. It uses a server-side API key, not your personal Google credentials.

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What You Can Do

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Search for Businesses

Ask about any type of business or location:
  • “Find Italian restaurants near downtown Denver”
  • “Show me plumbers in Austin, TX”
  • “What coffee shops are near the office?”
  • “Find FedEx locations in Chicago that are open now”
  • “Search for coworking spaces in San Francisco”

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Get Place Details

After a search, ask for more information about a specific result:
  • “Tell me more about that first restaurant”
  • “What are the reviews for Mario’s Italian Kitchen?”
  • “What are their hours?”
  • “Do they have a website?”
Find places near a specific location:
  • “What restaurants are within walking distance of the convention center?”
  • “Find gas stations near that hotel”
  • “Show me parks within 2 miles of the office”

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Location Suggestions

Get autocomplete suggestions as you describe a place:
  • “I’m looking for a place called Sunrise…” — returns matching suggestions
  • Useful when you know a partial name or want to disambiguate similar locations

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Information Available

For each place, RelayHub can retrieve:

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Example Conversations

Business research:
“I need to find commercial printers in the Dallas area that have good ratings” The AI searches for printers in Dallas and presents results with ratings, addresses, and contact info in a clean table format.
Local recommendations:
“What are the best-rated Thai restaurants within 5 miles of downtown Portland?” Results are sorted by rating with addresses, phone numbers, and hours.
Multi-step workflow:
“Find the top 5 coffee shops near our office and put them in a Google Sheet with their name, address, rating, and phone number” The AI searches for coffee shops, then creates a Google Sheet with the results (requires Google Workspace connection for the sheet creation).

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Limitations

  • Maximum 20 results per search
  • Place details (reviews, photos) require a follow-up details request using the place ID from search results
  • Results depend on Google’s Places API coverage for the area
  • Price level data is not available for all businesses