This isnt the first time Google Maps has actually shown traffic control (theyve been readily available in Japan for a number of years now), but its a considerable expansion for the function. Google is checking the function in US cities consisting of New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and states it plans to expand it in time.
Google Maps screenshots show the traffic signal symbol on different intersections.Image: Droid Life.
In a new test, Google Maps is revealing the area of traffic signal in cities around the United States in its Android app. The function was at first found by Droid Life, and its existence has since been confirmed by Google. “To assist people stay much better notified on the roadway, were evaluating a Google Maps feature on Android that shows the location of traffic lights in choose cities across the U.S,” the company informed The Verge.
Google Maps isnt the very first mapping app to begin showing traffic light locations in the United States, after Apple Maps included them in 2015 with iOS 13, according to Droid Life Apples Siri voice assistant even integrates them into its directions. Rather of telling you to turn left after a certain number of feet, Siri can tell you to “turn left at the next traffic light,” in an attempt to make the voice assistants instructions more natural-sounding and simpler to comprehend. Android Life says that Google Maps doesnt appear to be utilizing the traffic lights as part of its route assistance simply yet.
