Google Maps will include a highway lane assistant soon
Although turn-by-turn navigation doesn't seem to have been the company's forte Google, it is doing some work to improve this option to those who wish to use their smartphone as a co-pilot GPS Thus, it has announced that the application Google Maps will soon begin to assist the user to prevent them from missing an exit or ending up lost doing extra kilometers for not ride in the correct lane
This has been announced by those responsible through the official blog of Google Europe And it is that, for the next holidays of Christmas, a major improvement has been prepared for the navigation system of the application Google Maps That is, that function that tells the user step by step how to get to a previously marked destination. Where to turn at the next junction, which exit from the roundabout to take and, from now on, which lane to use and which exits to take to arrive on time to the family meal, or any other reason that has led to such displacement.
This is, in particular, a feature that many other applications and GPS devices offered, but in the still beta (test) version of Navigation, it was missing.Thus, the application will inform using icons at the top of the screen, of how many lanes offers the road on which you are currently driving, and which is the recommended one to follow the indications correctly Extremely useful question on highways and highways, where exits must be taken ahead of time to preserve maximum safety and avoid any type of mistake that may lead to a rodeo and travel several kilometers too many
To take advantage of this function, all you have to do is search for a destination in Google Maps in the usual way, by clicking on the arrow icon which reads Getting there after entering the name of the street or place of destination After presenting the different routes, Google Maps offers the option Navigate, with which you access the section Navigation, or what is the same, your GPSFrom here you just have to follow the indications offered by the application, knowing that, from now on, the user will know at all times Which lane to use to get to your destination or safely approach the next exit without making dangerous turns or leaving you behind on the road.
This new function reaches both Spain and United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, France and Germany. Of course, Google has not specified a specific date, although it is hoped that this news will arrive from progressively in the next days to all terminals Android and iOS wherever you have the Google Maps application You just have to make sure you have a good connection to the Internet to upload the mapping information, and to activate the GPS sensor of the terminal, thus allowing the application to know the speed , the exact location and the lane in which you are driving.All this without having to pay a single euro
