Magnifier is accessible on Google Play for Pixel 5 and up
This function builds on the wheelchair-accessible transit navigation possibility in Maps that reveals individuals step-free transit routes.
Google has rolled out new accessibility options and updates on Maps, Search and Chrome to assist individuals accomplish day by day duties quicker and simpler.
A brand new identification attribute for the incapacity neighborhood is now out there on Google Maps and Search, giving prospects extra particulars a couple of enterprise and offering retailers an choice to self-establish as a member of the neighborhood.
“This update builds on our existing business attributes, including Asian-owned, Black-owned, Latino-owned, LGBTQ+ owned, veteran-owned, and women-owned,” stated Eve Andersson, senior director, Products for All at Google.
Lens in Maps (previously referred to as Search with Live View) makes use of AI and augmented actuality to assist individuals use their telephone’s digital camera to orient themselves in an unfamiliar neighbourhood and uncover new locations.
To make this extra accessible and helpful for people who find themselves blind or low-imaginative and prescient, display screen reader capabilities in Lens in Maps will probably be coming to iOS beginning Tuesday, and to Android later this 12 months.
“With the option to request wheelchair-accessible walking routes rolling out globally on iOS and Android wherever we have data available, you can get stair-free routes when you request walking directions in Maps,” stated Andersson.
This function builds on the wheelchair-accessible transit navigation possibility in Maps that reveals individuals step-free transit routes.
Earlier this 12 months, Google made it simple for everybody to search out wheelchair-accessible locations on Google Maps for Android and iOS.
Now, the corporate is beginning to carry that data to enterprise and place pages on Maps for Android Auto and automobiles with Google inbuilt.
When you seek for a spot in Google Maps and click on on it, a wheelchair icon will seem if the vacation spot has a step-free entrance, accessible restrooms, parking or seating.
Earlier this 12 months, Google launched a brand new function within the Chrome deal with bar that detects typos and shows advised web sites primarily based on what Chrome thinks you meant.
“This feature is expanding to Chrome on Android and iOS, so you have the same experience across all your devices,” stated the corporate.
For low-imaginative and prescient neighborhood, with Magnifier, you need to use your digital camera to zoom in on one thing as you’ll utilizing a bodily magnifying glass.
The app may also enhance the legibility of textual content whether or not you’re studying a menu or a doc with the flexibility to regulate controls, together with color filters, brightness and distinction.
Magnifier is accessible on Google Play for Pixel 5 and up, excluding the Pixel Fold.
The ‘Guided Frame’ function now recognises extra than simply faces, so you need to use your entrance and rear-going through digital camera to take images of your pets, dinner and even paperwork.
This replace is already out there on Pixel 8 and eight Pro and rolling out to Pixel 6+ later this 12 months, stated the corporate.
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