The new Explore button in Google Maps comes to Android and iPhone
Google is determined to continue improving its mapping tool. Although it seems difficult to enhance Google Maps with new functions and features, they manage to do so with things like the new Explore button A useful tool designed to find places, establishments and even interesting activities near the user's locationSort of like an adapted version of Foursquare or Yelp , but with the features, information and possibilities of Google
This is a new button that will be brought to all users of Google Maps on Android and iOS in the coming weeks. All this without the need to update the application, appearing automatically on the screen thanks to an update of the service on the servers. In other words, in several weeks users will automatically discover a new button capable of suggesting all kinds of interesting activities and places for them.
But what is surprising about this new function is not precisely its way of arriving, but its characteristics.Simply click on this new icon in the lower right corner of the Google Maps screen to access a section that is specially dedicated for the user And it collects the habits and tastes of the user to filter the activities and places it shows. A good way to give a personalized experience and match your needs and tastes. Something for which it is necessary to activate the history of Google Maps
In addition, Explore is an intelligent function, adapting to both weather characteristics , such as the time of day and place, as well as the user's preferences. Thus, it is possible to find nearby restaurants to eat if it is noon when this function is consulted, knowing that it will not offer alternatives such as Chinese food if it is a type of place that the user never usually visits, for example.
This screen has a very attractive visual design supported by bright colors and weather information at the top, and leaving the shape of cards typical of Google the different places, places and activities at the bottom. In addition, Explore allows you to customize even more by being able to determine the proximity of these places from the back specifying if you want to find a distance of 5 minutes on foot, 20 minutes by car, etc. In the same way that it can be done with the time of day (morning, afternoon, night”¦)
A curious point is that these suggestions of places can also be discovered when you are looking for information from another place Something really useful forplan a trip or a vacation.Simply press the Explore button when you are on another certain portion of the map. It should also be taken into account that this function becomes even more specific, providing specific data of an event or place when you arrive at it. All this so that the user have all the information they need personalized, according to their tastes and at the time and place that interests them. A function that will begin to be released in a staggered and by different parts of the planet, for what surely we still have to wait to enjoy it in Spain.
