Google I/O 2021: Google Maps to Highlight Busy Areas, Tailor Route Options to Avoid Hard-Braking
Google Maps will show more tailored results to highlight the most relevant places for a user. By Tasneem Akolawala | Updated: 19 May 2021 11:20 IST
Google Maps will roll out detailed street maps for 50 more countries by the end of the year
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Google Maps new feature to reduce hard-braking moments on route
Detailed street maps to roll out in Berlin, Sao Paulo, Seattle, Singapore
Google Maps is receiving several new updates that were announced on Tuesday, May 18 at the ongoing Google I/O developers conference. These include enhancements to Live View and detailed street maps, and route updates along the way to reduce hard-braking moments. Google Maps is also adding a new feature to help users understand which areas are busier than usual to help them plan their journey accordingly. It will also show more tailored results to highlight the mos
New Google Maps Updates Released With Must-Have Android Auto Improvements 22 Feb 2021, 7:50 UTC ·
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As we told you not a long time ago, Google Maps has somehow lost one key feature on Android Auto, with users complaining they could no longer see the route when the app was running on the head unit.
In other words, Google Maps was working, the audio navigation was offered as expected, only that the visual guidance on the map was no longer displayed.
The whole thing happened in Google Maps version 10.59.1, and several users confirmed in this discussion thread on Google’s forums the same glitch impacted their devices too.
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Road width and rounded corners are more clearer, while crosswalks and pedestrian islands and now marked.
Greenery near a street is also shown, while parks also now have more detail and users can clearly see how wide a path is.
The search engine giant said: While seeing natural features can help you get a feel for an area, sometimes you need more information to get around safely and efficiently. Soon, you’ll be able to see highly detailed street information that shows the accurate shape and width of a road to scale. You can also see exactly where sidewalks, crosswalks, and pedestrian islands are located–crucial information if you have accessibility needs, like wheelchair or stroller requirements.
»Why Has Google Not Updated Its iPhone Apps In Weeks? Is It Because Of The App Store Privacy Labels?
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Why Has Google Not Updated Its iPhone Apps In Weeks? Is It Because Of The App Store Privacy Labels?
At the time of writing this, popular apps including Google Search, Gmail, Google Chrome, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Meet, YouTube and Google Pay have not been updated for 4 weeks or more, for the Apple iPhone and Apple iPad. Some of these apps have received updates on Android during this time.
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Google has not updated a single app on its roster, for the Apple iPhone, for four weeks or more now. That, in this day and age, is an abnormally long time to leave an app untouched without updates, bug fixes or functionality tweaks. Unless all of Google’s apps for the iPhone are absolutely perfect and perfection doesn’t need any updates, it seems a tad perplexing why this is happening. At the time of writing this,