Google is updating its Maps app by adding a bunch of new features. However, the most highlighted is the ability to share location on Google Maps. You can share this feature with your friends or loved ones in real time and save your life in case of emergency. Now, you will say that you already had this feature, so what’s new about the latest update? Surprisingly, this major update in Google Maps will share your location with your friends and family and they will get the arrival and departure notification at certain locations. Clearly, this is an amazing update that will help ensure user safety and security. “With new location sharing notifications, you can see when a loved one has arrived or left a place, so you can more easily coordinate schedules and have peace of mind,” said Amanda Leicht Moore, Director Google Maps products on a blog. “If they’ve already chosen to share their location with you, you can set an alert for the address of the concert venue so you can see when they’ve arrived and meet up quickly.” This means that, in the event of an emergency, your loved ones will at least know where you are going and if you have reached and passed certain areas on your way. Well, Google has made sure to keep privacy intact with the new update. It says that notifications can only be set for someone for whom you have already chosen to share the location. This means that when updating to the latest Google Maps update, your app will be equipped with this new feature. However, that’s not the only reason to let you hit the update button.
There’s much more to Google Maps!
Along with the real-time location sharing feature and showing the notification about arrival and departure from certain places, Google Maps has also added some other valuable features to help you coordinate plans and stay connected. Google information you can now explore includes world landmarks with Google Maps. This will be available with photorealistic 3D aerial views.” To help you with your travel planning process, we’re bringing photo-realistic aerial views of nearly 100 of the world’s most popular landmarks in cities like Barcelona, London, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo right into Google Maps,” said Google. Apart from this, there is another update for bikers. Google Maps now provides more detailed information about cycling routes. It will be a big relief for cyclists as the app will now show a breakdown of the path along with other information such as heavy car traffic, stairs and steep hills coming your way. However, the 3D aerial view and location sharing feature is already rolling out for Google Maps users on Android as well as iOS devices, while this bike route information feature is coming in a few weeks.
