Yelp's Check for Me calls restaurants for wait times, not reservations

Choosing a restaurant often leaves one unanswered question: how long is the wait? Yelp, the local-business discovery app, wants an agent to make that call for you.

What happenedYelp's Check for Me asks for your party size and phone number, calls the restaurant for a wait time, then texts the answer, TechCrunch reports.

Why it mattersThe useful part is the narrow job: get the missing fact, leave the dinner decision to you. An answer is not a reservation, and the restaurant still has to answer the call.