Google has made social media-inspired updates to its popular App Maps to allow users to post more content.
Google has announced the addition of a number of new features to Maps to make it more interactive, while also making it easier for users to share photos of places.
These new features are part of an update to Google Maps in recent months, and the company seems to be looking for ways to use the app as well as planning tours, contacting local businesses, getting there, parking. Wants to make a home for experiences like paying fees and sharing your experiences.
The company's efforts to make the app more accessible to users also seem to be working.
A new statement from Google states that the number of people using Local Guides now stands at 150 million, with reviews, photos, and details shared on Maps.
The coronavirus outbreak has increased people's reliance on standardized and up-to-date details on locations around Google Maps, such as restaurants, the statement said.
The company said the process of sharing local details is being made easier for everyone with a Google Account.
One of the new features is photo updates, which will help people to know better and more updated details about different places.
This feature will be available to users in the coming weeks and will allow people to search for a location in the app, take a picture and become part of the maps and write a caption, without the need to write a rating or review. Will be.
Google Maps has also made it easier to report road changes, with the addition of an 'Edit the Map' option, which will allow users to correct errors, while adding a road to Map If not, options will be provided, such as creating a drawing, adding a new street name, or deleting the wrong ones.
Google said it is launching the Local Low Challenge in Maps to give more people access to these features so that Android users can share more photos, reviews, and details with the app.
The company has set a target of 100,000 location listings by April.
