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Google is making it easier for Maps users to communicate with businesses directly within the app. Google Maps for Android and iOS will be updated with new messaging features for businesses is aimed at consumers, while businesses will get a new Google My Business app. The update will add a Message icon and an inbox view for all conversations with businesses, Google explains in a blog post. Also, shops and restaurants that have a Business Profile with Google will see the new Message button appearing on their listing as well, together with call shortcut. “Now you’ll see your messages with the businesses you connect with via Business Profiles within the Google Maps app, where you’re already looking for things to do and places to go or shop,” Google explains in a company blog post . “You’ll find these messages in the side menu of both Google Maps for Android and iOS.”             All messages sent to or received fro...

Looks like giving Google Assistant a redesigned UI wasn’t enough for Google this week, as it’s giving its digital assistant another feature to add to the roster. Google Assistant can now help you book a ride-hailing service and get a car sent your way, but it’ll still need some help at the end. You can start things off with your voice easily enough, and Google Assistant will show you the information from within the app itself, rather than forcing you to switch to Google Maps to show off the pertinent details.           Just say something like, “Hey Google, book a ride to” and inform the digital personal assistant of your destination. Once that’s done it will show you ride-hailing prices so you can compare before you summon a car. Those price estimations will show what Uber, Lyft, GO-JEK, Ola, Grab, and “many more” services, and the feature will show wait times for each of those options as well....

Google has updated its Google Maps with new features designed for commuters, which provide a greater degree of information, —along with integrated in-app music controls, to make travel more enjoyable. “Today, we’re rolling out new features on Google Maps to help you take control of your daily commute— enabling you to plan ahead, prepare for the inevitable disruptions, and possibly avoid them altogether,” Google Maps group product manager Ramesh Nagarajan writes . “Oh, and we’ll also help you have a bit of fun along the way.” Here’s what’s new; Commute tab The new Commute tab provides personalised live traffic and transit information, warnings when your commute will be longer than usual, and reports about traffic and accidents. And as before, Maps will tell you about alternative routes proactively when there are problems. Support for mixed-mode commutes . Also, for those who have mixed-mode commutes such as a drive, walk and rid...

Over the years, Apple CarPlay has been a must-have car tech feature for iPhone users. But for those without inbuilt sat nav in their car’s infotainment system, it’s also been somewhat frustrating, as it has only supported the proprietary Apple Maps nav. No longer. After confirming it will now allow third-party navigation apps within Apple CarPlay at its World Wide Developer Conference in June. As of September 17th at 6pm when the iOS 12 went live, now the firm has confirmed the software update that will provide iPhones with the functionality to do this has, gone live and is available for installation. Now publicly available in the iOS App Store , version 5.0 of Google Maps features the company’s own map data and material design language. It also enables users to get Google-optimised directions and locate points of interest not found on Apple’s maps, including locations synchronised from Google account data, such as home, work, and contact addresses. For the time...

Google has been rolling out features  for its Google Maps over the past few weeks, but recently android police has spotted something new. If you try to ping someone’s location and their phone is dead, there’s not much an app can do. Most location-sharing apps will just sit there and spin while they wait for some sort of response, leaving you to worry about all the reasons their phone might not be responding with a current location. Did they lose signal? Did someone steal their phone? Now when you let a friend know where you are through the Google Maps app, another icon is included with your location information and battery level details. "You"ll be able to keep a watchful eye on how much battery life they have left. Now, there won"t be as much cause for worry if someone"s location drops off because you"ll be able to know if it could just be because their phone died," the report added. Early in 2017, Google added a feature to Google Maps that lets you opt...

Google has offered one of the easiest ways to book an Uber ride—until now. The tech giant has quietly removed Uber ride booking from its Google Maps app on Android, CNET reported. When you try to book a ride in Google Maps now, you’ll get a price range from Uber, Lyft, and other ride-hailing services, but you won’t actually be able to book your Uber ride inside the app In 2017, Uber acquired the ability to book rides in the Google Maps app by pulling up the account window and signalling the ride without any need to launch the Uber app, saving users time from hopping between app. Now, the feature gone from both the Android and iOS versions of Google Maps. Google Maps" support page has been updated to reflect the change, but provides no explanation on why the feature was removed, but help page said: “You can no longer book Uber rides directly in Google Maps. But you can still look up the route in the Maps app and then request the ride from the Uber app”. Al...

Since Apple CarPlay launched in 2014, Apple iOS users have been forced to use Apple Maps for navigation. That will finally change with iOS 12, which allows users to pick whatever third-party mapping apps they wish to use for navigation. Apple announced that iOS 12 would bring third-party navigation support to Apple CarPlay and briefly displayed CarPlay dashboard interface with new icons for Waze, Google Maps and Chinese navigation app Autonavi Navigation. It"s unclear whether these will be the only apps supported, but that"s a solid third-party starting roster. Apple CarPlay is automotive integration software that allows users to interact with supported applications for audio streaming, communication and, of course, navigation on the dashboard displays of compatible cars. The app is  an Apple’s in-car interface for iOS. In many new cars — or older cars with newer head units — you can plug in an iPhone (or Android phone) and have a version of the phone’s apps...

Machine learning now gives you a version of the internet tailored to fit your specific needs and wants. Google’s been beating that drum for years, but the vision manifested itself in fresh, in an overhauled Google Maps app revealed during the company’s I/O keynote. Google Maps will be updated with a new personalised "For You" section that offers up recommendations based on your interests. The Maps app is gaining a dedicated "For You" tab that is designed to "tell you what you need to know about the neighbourhoods you care about." It will feature new restaurants opening nearby, trending spots, and more, based on places you"ve rated and places you"ve visited For You will be accompanied by a new "Match Score" that predicts which restaurants you"re most likely to prefer based on your personal preferences, which is designed to help you to choose between multiple restaurant suggestions. The score is generated by utilising Machine Learni...

Often times, we"ve had to go to places we rarely know - for that little drop-in visitation, or to close an important business deal. Places we know or perhaps have heard little or nothing about. With the help of maps, we"ve been able to avoid a couple of messy ‘lost puppy’ situations. Thanks to Google Maps, which seem to be the most useful invention of all times and to add an icing to the cake, it"s now available in 39 different languages. The update was announced today in a blog post by the company. Here is a brief list of the languages —Afrikaans, Danish, Filipino, Hebrew, Icelandic, Mongolian, Serbian, Slovak, Swahili, Turkish, Vietnamese, Albanian, Amharic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Burmese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, Georgian, Hebrew, Icelandic, Indonesian, Kazakh, Khmer, Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uz...

Google is rolling out  “wheelchair accessible ” routing option to Google Maps. The route will make use of a public transit in the metropolitan areas, when selected the maps will show the availability of wheelchairs ramps and elevators on routes. With this enabled, you"re shown routes that thousands of participants in Map"s Local Guides program as well as municipal transit agencies have marked as friendly for those with mobility issues. Google is working with other cities to add more places in the coming months. Read more:  Google Maps Now Tells You When You Should Plan A Trip To Your Destination   How it works   To access the feature, users should type their destination into the Google Maps then tap “Directions” from there click the select icon for “Public Transportation “and then “Options” which under it is “routes section” then the “wheelchairs accessible” will appear . Google has been working ...