Google Maps will get three new options: Glanceable instructions, Immersive View, extra

Google has launched a number of contemporary options for Google Maps, as outlined in a weblog submit by the corporate. Here are particulars on these new options:

Glanceable instructions

Google is introducing a brand new function known as “glanceable directions” in Google Maps. This function permits customers to conveniently observe their journey progress immediately from the lock display or route overview. By opting in and requesting instructions to their vacation spot, customers can simply keep knowledgeable about up to date estimated arrival occasions (ETAs) and upcoming turns. 

Previously, this data was solely accessible in full navigation mode. If customers resolve to take another route, Google will robotically replace the journey accordingly. Glanceable instructions shall be step by step launched worldwide this month and shall be out there for strolling, biking, and driving modes on each Android and iOS units.

Updates to Recents

Google has applied a function in Google Maps that permits customers to save lots of locations of their Recent highlights, even after they shut the Google Maps window. The objective of this function is to allow customers to take breaks from planning their journeys and return to it later with out shedding their progress. 

According to Christina Tong, a senior product supervisor at Google Maps, customers have the flexibleness to take away locations they’ve already considered, plan a number of journeys concurrently, and share a choice of locations (akin to points of interest or inns) with their journey companions to assemble their enter. Once customers have decided the places they want to go to, they’ll select three or extra locations, click on on “directions,” and Google Maps will generate a personalized route that encompasses all the chosen stops. This route shall be saved within the person’s Recents part.

Immersive View 

Google has just lately launched Immersive View in 4 extra cities, particularly Amsterdam, Dublin, Florence, and Venice. Moreover, the corporate is extending this function to incorporate greater than 500 famend landmarks worldwide. 

By using superior AI know-how, Immersive View combines an enormous assortment of pictures to assemble a multidimensional perspective of assorted places, accompanied by dependable data introduced in layers.

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Updated: 15 Jun 2023, 10:17 AM IST

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