What a leap Google Maps is making on smartphones, the star map and GPS navigation app will improve its usability on mobile phones with augmented reality, immersive view of interiors, best recommendations around and detailed 3D buildings. All these changes will gradually arrive on Google Maps.
Google is celebrating with a search-related event held in the United States: Search On. During the presentations, the Alphabet-owned company unveiled a slew of changes in the search engine that will arrive on mobile phones
The “interior view on the street” arrives on mobile
New live view with indication of nearby establishments
Several of the great novelties that Google Maps has reserved for mobiles concern the navigation to navigation phone in hand. And the most striking is “Immersive view” or inverted view, a kind of Street View for the interior of buildings that will allow users to know what they will find once they arrive at their destination; in addition to knowing the exteriors with more detailed 3D areas.
In addition to 3D navigation inside buildings, Google Maps is improving another of the key elements of its mobile application: Live View. Augmented reality with which it is possible to find routes by letting yourself be guided by your mobile now not only offers the destinations of said routes, it also allows search for places, establishments and other premises in order to reach them easily by being guided by the camera and by the indications superimposed on the screen.
Popular recommendations in the neighborhood
Another novelty, “Neighborhood Vibe” or neighborhood atmosphere, a series of local recommendations that Maps will offer the user based on community opinions, site visits and photos uploaded to the mapping platform. These recommendations the visual aspect will take precedence to make your navigation attractive.
Two final things to note are the increased 3D views of famous buildings (more places will stand out on the map with detailed 3D construction) and the ability for developers to use the new route planning tools saving maximum fuel. All of this Google Maps news will be coming to the US starting today; with a international expansion in the coming months, Google assures that by 2023. Europe included.
