Author: Jay Peters
Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
Google is announcing a handful of updates to Google Maps, including one that will show toll prices before you start navigating to where you want to go.
“We look at factors like the cost of using a toll pass or other payment methods, what the day of the week it is, along with how much the toll is expected to cost at the specific time you’ll be crossing it,” Google said in a blog post. If a toll-free route is available, that will be shown as an option as well. The feature will begin rolling out on Android and iOS for “nearly 2,000” toll roads in the US, India, Indonesia, and Japan this month. The feature will come to more countries “soon.”
Google is also adding more detail to its navigation maps. “You’ll soon see traffic...
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Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge
Google is announcing a handful of updates to Google Maps, including one that will show toll prices before you start navigating to where you want to go.
“We look at factors like the cost of using a toll pass or other payment methods, what the day of the week it is, along with how much the toll is expected to cost at the specific time you’ll be crossing it,” Google said in a blog post. If a toll-free route is available, that will be shown as an option as well. The feature will begin rolling out on Android and iOS for “nearly 2,000” toll roads in the US, India, Indonesia, and Japan this month. The feature will come to more countries “soon.”
Google is also adding more detail to its navigation maps. “You’ll soon see traffic...
Continue reading…
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