It was announced back in November, 2010, that Google Hotpot service was ambiguously suspended; it was either embedded in Google Places or still retained its title and could be considered a separate entity. It has now been revealed that Google’s Hotpot service will not only be extended to contain millions of users in 47 different languages but the 8th April announcement stated that Hotpot will "gradually" become an integral part of its already widely used product, Google Places.

Google Places was previously used to search, rate, and review only the local businesses while keeping an uncomplicated user interface. However, now with the integration of Google Hotpot, the users will also be able to do all those things with "restaurants". All the users will be able to rate and see the average ratings awarded from other users who have been to that restaurant.