Google confirmed off a bunch of latest AI-powered options and providers at its Google I/O occasion earlier this yr in May. Among these, Google Maps, too, was promised a set of latest AI capabilities, together with a powerful Immersive View characteristic that would supply a birds-eye view of your route. Now, “Immersive View for routes” and some different AI options are lastly arriving as a part of a brand new Maps replace, Google has introduced. The search engine large can be bringing Google Lens to Maps and including extra real-word data to navigation.
The new Immersive View for routes will let customers preview their route step-by-step whereas driving, strolling, or biking. The characteristic has began rolling out in choose cities like Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, Florence, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Tokyo, and Venice this week on each Android and iOS, Google stated in its weblog Thursday.
Immersive View will present a panoramic birds-eye perspective of your route from begin to end, with turn-by-turn instructions. Users may plan their journey, determine when to move out primarily based on useful data in Immersive View, like simulated site visitors and climate situations, through the time slider.
Immersive View will give detailed panoramic view of your route
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Google can be bringing a Lens in Maps characteristic to assist customers perceive their environment in actual time. Formerly referred to as Search with Live View, the characteristic basically provides Google Lens within the Maps search bar. With a fast faucet of the Lens icon, you’ll be able to open up your digicam in Maps and discover details about close by retailers, eating places, or ATMs. The Lens in Maps characteristic is increasing to greater than 50 new cities, together with Austin, Las Vegas, Rome, São Paulo, and Taipei. Google didn’t specify if Immersive View and Lens options can be coming to India.
Navigation on Google Maps can be getting higher, bringing extra real-world data, Google stated. Navigation will now characteristic up to date colors all through the map, extra practical buildings alongside your route, and improved lane particulars. These updates will begin rolling out within the coming months in 12 nations, together with the US, Canada, France, and Germany, Google stated.
Additionally, EV house owners driving automobiles with Google built-in will now get extra useful charging station data, together with whether or not a charger is appropriate with their automobile. This replace will go reside globally on iOS and Android this week in areas the place EV charging station data is out there.
Finally, Google can be including enhancements to Search in Google Maps, which is able to now present customers extra solutions to their queries and assist them uncover issues to do. The search characteristic will present photo-first outcomes of what you are wanting for, Google stated. “These results are based on the analysis of billions of photos shared by the Google Maps community — all done with AI and advanced image recognition models,” the corporate added.
