New Google Map Features – This is to inform the general public that Google has added five new features to the existing features on its map.
There are so many people who make use of Google Maps on a daily basis, for one reason one reason or another. Businesses and organizations also use it.
If you know that you are among those who use Google Maps daily for any life concern, please ensure you read this article, and find out the five new features that Google is adding to their map, so that you can also benefit from the new features.
What is Google Maps?
Most people have been using the Google map, but don’t even know what this map entails, assuming they were to be asked.
Google Maps is a well-known web mapping service, that is offered by Google that provides directions to users. Apart from that, it also offers a wide range of business information, traffic updates, and route planning.
New Google Map Features (Latest Update)
Recently Google has announced that it will soon launch new features in its maps, that will make your trip planning much more impactful.
Here is the list of the new features that Google is bringing to Google Maps soon:
- Immersive View for Routes
- Google Maps’ AR mode spreads its wings
- Improved EV Charging Information
- Eco-friendly routing for developers
- Driving navigation will soon get clearer
Immersive View for Routes
Immersive View for Routes is one of the new features that Google is bringing into its maps.
The feature is to help those who are planning for their trip to have a clear clue of the buildings, scenery, and weather conditions of the location that they are planning to travel to, for their trip.
So what does this mean to an average user of the map? it means that soon, the Immersive View for Routes, will be in our smartphones, laptops, and other devices, and you will be able to find your route in the Google Maps app on iOS and Android.
Using the immersive view for the route is not really difficult. If you want to use it, simply set up your route, as usual.
With this new feature, you will not see the street view window anymore, but what you will find instead will be the Immersive View window in the bottom left corner of the screen, click on that, and you’ll be taken to the route preview.
For example, if you want to travel to Lagos, you can use the immersive view to find out the weather conditions for that day and see the kind of structures that are there.
Google Maps’ AR mode spreads its wings
Before now there was a particular feature in Google Maps known as search with live view. It has a built-in Google Lens feature that can use your phone’s camera to label things around you.
And now Google has announced that it is going to add a new feature to search with a live view known as the Lens in Maps, it is expected to come to over 50 new cities in a few weeks.
Search with live view, is a feature that overlays arrows and directions right on top of your view of the world, but Google has added to it a new feature that you can use your camera to search for places that you want to find out, such as shops, ATMs and restaurants around the area that you intend to travel to.
How do you do this? To search for the ATM around that place, just lift your phone up and search for the particular location where the ATM is.
Moreso, with this feature, you can also find out the restaurants around the area, and their working hours.
With Google Maps’ AR mode spreading its wings, you can actually find out about anything you want to know around you.
Improved EV Charging Information
As the world is evolving every day, Google is also getting ready for the future by preparing the EV trend for Google Maps.
This is an application that is used to display charging station information. Those who use electric cars will understand this better, and the recent improvement in the charging station will leave you amazed.
In this recent development, Android and iOS, charging station information, on Google Maps. It will include whether a charger is compatible with your car and how fast the chargers are, too.
According to Google, whenever chargers are offline, Google Maps will help to display the last-used information, so that users can have an idea of the uptime.
Moreso, If the charger was recently used by someone, there is a tendency for the station to be up and running high.
If you want to know how to use this, just search for charging stations on Google Maps, from the bottom, scroll up, and you will all the needed information on how your car can be charged up fast.
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Driving navigation will soon get clearer
For all those who use Google Maps regularly as your in-car sat-nav, something new is coming your way.
There is an improved car navigation that will soon arrive, the improvements will be in areas such as “improved lane details” that will enable you to know exactly when to get off the highway.
Again, there will be other realistic buildings to help you pinpoint exactly where you are, while you are on a particular trip.
The HOV (High-occupancy vehicle lanes) will soon be seen on many US routes. But 20 new countries will soon get Google’s AI-powered speed limit information in Europe.
The Maps navigation improvements for drivers will be available for countries like the US, Canada, France, and Germany, and it will take some months for this to happen, like 3-6 months.
Eco-friendly routing for developers
This is another new feature that is rolling in by Google. This feature gives drivers routing options.
With Eco-friendly routing, drivers see and choose the most fuel-efficient route to their destinations.
Eco-friendly routing will help companies a lot. For example, with Eco-friendly routing apps enabled, companies can measure fuel consumption savings.
According to Google, users have to select an engine type, for them to get accurate fuel or energy efficiency estimates.
Conclusion
Thank you for reading this latest update on new Google Map features, that will help you to get the most out of Google Maps.
