Google Maps wins a new adjustment for which navigation It will be more reliable when we go through tunnelsAs long as a series of requirements is filled.
This new adjustment is the Bluetooth Positioning Beacons Support In the tunnels. If they are installed in the tunnel and you have active on the mobile, Google Maps can use them to find out where it is precisely despite not having satellite in sight.
Bluetooth beacons to find out where you are
Navigation applications such as Google Maps do what they can when you enter a tunnel and lose the GPS connection. Generally, they are limited to Predict where you are going From the average speed through which he circulates in said tunnel. The system works relatively well in specific cases, but when we talk about long tunnels and with many outings and ramifications, it is improved.
Now Google Maps gives us an alternative: Enjoy the Bluetooth tunnel tags They must be installed in the tunnel we are going through. When connecting to these location tags, the mobile can calculate your location in the tunnel although it is not connected to any satellite.
The idea is good and yet the management of Bluetooth tags is disabled as standardYou will therefore need to enter Google Maps' settings to activate it.
The adjustments are located inside the Navigation parameters And it's called Bluetooth tunnel beacons. When activating, we will have to give Google Maps authorization to search and determine the relative position of nearby devices.
This technology was in Waze for a few years and now Google Maps will also take advantage of it, although He still needs such beacons to be installed in the tunnels for which we pass.
In Europe, the Madrid municipal council confirmed that it would install beacons per m30 in 2025 to take advantage of this function of Google Maps and Waze.
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