Google Maps is the largest guided navigation platform on the planet, and the Google company is preparing a series of extremely important changes for its users. They have been discovered for now in the beta version for Android of the Google Maps application, but they will soon be available also in the iPhone version, but only if they are 100% ready for it.
Google Maps with questions and answers about locations
Google Maps will first of all introduce a special section in the application that will allow users to ask questions about certain locations they are interested in. They will select the location on the map, and in the menu of options for it, they will have the opportunity to ask questions about that location, and other users of the Google Maps platform will be able to answer to get information about what interests them.
Google Maps will display there including other questions asked by other users, so we will be able to read answers directly for what interests us without asking. The problem with this system is that it is not known who will receive any notification for our questions, so it could take some time until someone could answer a question asked for an existing location in Google Maps.
Google Maps with picture-in-picture system
Google Maps will also have a picture-in-picture system integrated with the release of Android O, the update extending support for applications. Basically, the Google Maps application will be able to be minimized in a window by users to be visible over other applications that they have opened, so the navigation information will not disappear from the users' attention while they surf the Internet or write messages .
Google Maps does not yet have the function implemented 100% correctly because it is still in the early stages of the development process, so it will be ready at some point. Considering that iOS does not allow the use of applications in such a way on the iPhone, we should not expect this function of Google Maps to reach Apple's mobile phones too soon.
Google Maps with monthly statistics on distances covered
Google Maps will also have a new section in which it will display information on the distances traveled by us while we used the guided navigation system behind the wheel. Google Maps has this new feature enabled natively for the application's users, so all this information will be cataloged right from the moment the update is installed and the application is used.
Google Maps will display in a special menu information on the number of trips made by us using the guided navigation system. Moreover, we will see information on the average driving speed of the car while navigating with Google Maps, the time spent in traffic, the time we did not lose in traffic thanks to the application's indications, but also the total time calculated between the last 2.
Google Maps will have all these new features available in the future, probably implemented segmentally by the Google company, so it remains to be seen how long it will take until they are ready.
