San Francisco: Google has added a brand new function in Maps that can let customers navigate in tunnels or different satellite tv for pc lifeless zones.
The corporate added assist for ‘Bluetooth beacons’ and has rolled out broadly on Google Maps for Android, nevertheless, it nonetheless lacking within the iOS model of the app, reviews 9to5Google.
In line with the report, Bluetooth beacons should not new because the Google-owned Waze has lengthy supported the know-how in tunnels globally, together with main cities like New York Metropolis, Chicago, Paris, Brussels, and plenty of extra. These beacons, although, have solely ever functioned throughout the Waze app.
“The Waze Beacons programme supplies seamless navigation to drivers underground the place GPS alerts don’t attain, making certain location providers, elevated driver security, and higher visibility into real-time occasions contained in the tunnel,” Google wrote on its assist web page.
As identified by SmartDroid, customers can discover the choice on the backside of the “Driving Choices” part beneath Settings > Navigation Settings.
By default, the function is deactivated.
In the meantime, Google has introduced that it’s eradicating some underutilised options in Google Assistant “to deal with delivering the very best person expertise”.
As per the listing shared by the corporate, Google can be eradicating 17 options.
Beginning January 26, the corporate stated when customers ask for one of many eliminated options, they could get a notification that it received’t be out there after a sure date.
