Google Maps is getting new immersive features in the coming days and months, fusing assets found via Street View and satellite imagery to make navigation more intuitive, Google said in a blog post Thursday.
Highlighting the blog post is Immersive View for Routes, a feature announced at Google I/O earlier this year. Immersive View gives you a better visual representation of your route, with buildings and foliage to help visualize the world on your phone. Google says it uses AI to “fuse together billions of Street View and aerial images so you can know what a restaurant or landmark is like before you go.” Immersive View will start rolling out this week in Amsterdam; Barcelona; Dublin; Florence, Italy; Las Vegas; London; Los Angeles; Miami; New York; Paris; San Francisco; San Jose, California; Seattle; Tokyo and Venice, Italy, on Android and iOS.
Along with Immersive View, Google also pushed Lens in Maps, a feature that helps orient Google Maps by using your phone’s camera. Sometimes, Google Maps can get confused on a person’s orientation when coming out of the subway, where GPS signal might have been lost. By using your phone’s camera in Maps, Google uses AI and augmented reality to help better position itself. Lens will also show information of nearby ATMs, restaurants, cafes and transit points. Lens is coming to 50 additional cities, such as Austin, Texas; Las Vegas; Rome; São Paulo and Taipei, Taiwan. EV drivers aren’t left out of the update either. Google Maps will soon add detailed charging station information, such as car compatibility.
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