Google Maps It continues to get richer almost every day. Last week, the air quality index was added to the service’s functions. More recently, the possibility of knowing the cost of a journey by taking into account tolls has also been integrated.
This time there is a possibility view environmental traffic directly from the home screen Your smartphone added to the many options of Google Maps. The App Widget will leverage real-time imaging of the environment and show the user areas where traffic is flowing, slowing down or interrupted.
Google Maps Widget displays local traffic in real time
While it has so far been possible to benefit from a Google Maps Widget on the home screen of your Android smartphone, the functions of the latter are quite limited. For example, you can create a route widget, one dedicated to car mode and another to location sharing. However, it must be admitted that real-time viewing of traffic without starting the application would also be noteworthy.
That’s exactly what the new version of Google Maps Widget will offer, as shown in the screenshot below. In this way, when you leave home, school or office, You can instantly see the traffic situation. It is even possible to zoom in on a very specific area without having to launch the application.
The Mountain View giant is currently focusing on Widgets, as at least 35 Google apps will soon be available in this form. The company recently published a list of its 5 favorite features for Android Widgets. These include the ability to instantly archive emails or scroll through a to-do list via the Gmail Widget.
This new functionality for the Google Maps Widget will be released “in the coming weeks“, without giving further details from Google.
Source : Google
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