I Used Perplexity To Make A Restaurant Reservation - Now I'm Wondering If Google Is Holding Us Back

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ZDNET's takeaways

• Perplexity's caller characteristic lets you make a edifice preservation consecutive done OpenTable.
• The characteristic uses OpenTable's system, truthful you don't person to spot nan AI to do it for you.
• Instead of navigating betwixt apps aliases tabs to find a edifice and past book a table, Perplexity handles everything.

Finding nan cleanable edifice and making a preservation conscionable sewage a full batch easier acknowledgment to a caller characteristic successful Perplexity.

The chatbot (which ZDNET's Steven Vaughan-Nichols prefers complete each different chatbot) announced a new business pinch OpenTable this week that lets you reserve a edifice array consecutive from Perplexity.

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This intends you tin deed up nan AI for ideas and make judge you person a array without switching betwixt apps aliases tabs. 

To effort retired nan caller preservation mode, I presented Perplexity pinch a elemental query: nan champion day nighttime restaurants adjacent me. But to spell a measurement beyond what a elemental Google hunt would do, I asked nan AI to find day nighttime spots located successful historical buildings.

As a spot of a foodie, I didn't expect to spot thing unfamiliar connected nan list, but I was amazed by Perplexity's response. The AI curated a database of 5 section restaurants, 2 of which I had ne'er heard of before. Beyond conscionable listing locations, though, Perplexity besides gave specifications astir nan history down each building. 

I decided to springiness 1 of nan caller ones a shot.

Booking a edifice pinch Perplexity

Perplexity's edifice preservation characteristic isn't for illustration ChatGPT's supplier mode, which switches betwixt 2 services; it really uses nan preservation platform. Making a preservation useful precisely nan aforesaid arsenic if I went consecutive to OpenTable. 

After choosing a restaurant, I selected a date, time, and statement size. The adjacent surface asked for my interaction accusation and immoderate typical requests, specified arsenic whether I was celebrating a day aliases anniversary. Once that was done, I had a table. I sewage a nexus to negociate nan preservation and email confirmation from OpenTable. I had nary logic to uncertainty things worked correctly, but I was capable to entree my preservation by going straight done OpenTable, too. 

While I could execute nan nonstop aforesaid point without utilizing Perplexity, nan process was truthful soft that I'll decidedly usage it again -- some for uncovering restaurants and booking a table. 

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Before, I'd usually usage Google to find restaurants and past caput disconnected to different tract to make a reservation. I mightiness inquire an AI chatbot for help, but I'm usually 1 to publication done reviews first. Perplexity's business removes that mediate measurement and makes nan process a batch easier. In fact, aft trying it retired a fewer times, it's astir apt going to beryllium my caller root for trying to determine connected a restaurant. 

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