3 new features of Google Maps that you need to know
Google has added new features to help improve users of Google Maps, one of the most popular maps apps on the Android and iOS platforms, and to make their travels more efficient and seamless. Today, let’s take a look at three new features recently introduced by a software company on Google Maps.
1 .Follow Local Guides
It can be very tiring to find good restaurants right after moving to or visiting a new city. Google has introduced a new feature that allows users to follow their favorite local guides as a way to get expert recommendations. The local guides feature will be featured in the "For You" tab on Google Maps.
For now, this feature is limited to nine cities: Bangkok, Delhi, London, Mexico City, New York, Osaka, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Tokyo. However, Google can be expected to expand this feature to many more cities in the future.
2. Place Name Pronunciation
Sometimes it's difficult to pronounce place names, and Google wants to help you learn the pronunciation with a new feature that speaks the place name with the correct pronunciation based on your phone's default language.
This feature is especially useful in situations where you need to explain the destination to the cab driver.
3. Edit Google Maps Profile
Google can also edit the public Google Maps profile within the Google Maps app. To do so, tap on the hamburger menu in the upper left corner of the app and select "Your Profile".
On the "Your Profile" page, go to Edit Profile. Here, you can make the necessary changes as you can see in the image above. This feature was only available on Android when it was introduced, but is now available on both Android and iOS.