Apparently there are not enough ways to order food so now Google have introduced the ability to pre-order your food from various cafes and restaurants. From today within Google Maps and Search you will be able to order takeaway with “a few simple clicks” from various cafes and restaurants. The …
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There are a number of different type of chargers for electric cars and not all of them are interchangeable or compatible with each other. This can make it difficult to find a charging station suitable for your car but Google Maps can now help you with that. Available today is …
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Let’s be honest here. If you or someone you know has a disability and uses a wheelchair or mobility aides getting around places like Sydney is a challenge and I should know – having a disability and using either a wheelchair or other walking aides can be a challenge around …
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Google Australia and New Zealand has announced that it has partnered with Transport for NSW to provide more information on public transport in Sydney on delays and as well as how busy and crowded stations and trains are for your daily commute. This update has begun rolling out to Google …
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Google Maps just goes from strength to strength. Along with the company’s other products like Gmail, Photos and Google Pay, it has transformed the way we get things done. Google keeps adding new features, and most of those are real improvements to the service. Crowd reporting of traffic incidents is …
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To mark the importance of World Sight Day Google has unveiled their new Voice Guidance feature for walking directions in Google Maps. Voice Guidance annotates the world via audio description ,adding rich auditory information about the users navigation path to their destination. The enhanced guidance provides cure about distance, upcoming …
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In 2019, and after years of personal data breaches from major organisations we’re all a little more aware and cautious about handing our information over in exchange for particular services. Tech companies are meeting consumers in the middle, being more open and communicative about the data they store as well …
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Google Maps is one of Google’s ‘flagship’ services that has transcended into something more than the sum of its parts. The latest update to the service sees the introduction of multi-mode transport. The traditional Google Maps journey involves selecting your destination, selecting your transport mode (walking, driving, public transport etc) …
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With Google Trips becoming the latest product that Google has killed off people who used the server have been hoping for a solution a little better than Google’s new Travel website, especially on mobile. In a blog post today they announced that the future trip tracking features will be rolled …
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A lot of us use public transport every day and whether it’s to get to work or just get around it sometimes is just plain uncomfortable. Now Google have taken Maps even further than just directions with an ability to tell you how crowded the public transport you are about …
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Google has greatly expanded its offerings for businesses on their platform in the list few years. It seems that even the most obscure local businesses have detailed information about them presented in search and Maps. The company is launching new features for those profiles to help connect businesses with customers. …
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Way back in 2013 Google purchased Waze for about US$1.3BN which was huge. Not just the dollars but the functionality Waze offers has always been excellent, so having that merged to Google Maps was very enticing. The progress has been quite slow, but interestingly users (US only at this time) …
Read More » Google Maps has been rolling out some new features based around navigation, transit and personal safety over the last couple of weeks, and today news had emerged of a new feature in India designed to help passengers stay safe in Navigation mode. Users who are getting into a taxi can …
Read More » It was only yesterday morning I wrote that Google’s always looking to make products more useful and helpful; today they’ve added detailed information about floods, hurricanes and earthquakes to Maps in an effort to help keep users safe. Detailed by Hannah Stulberg, Google Maps’ Product Manager on the company’s Keyword …
Read More » Google’s always looking for ways to improve their offerings and make them more helpful, and today Android Police has spotted a useful new feature in Maps that displays your current speed while navigating. The feature, not yet widely available, adds a small circle with your current speed. It can be …
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