New Delhi. Nowadays, Google Maps has become an important part of our daily life. From navigation to sharing live location or finding a nearby shop, it is very useful in many places. However, apart from all this, there are many more features available in this app. For this reason, many people are not aware of many features after running the app for a long time. In such a situation, we are going to tell you about 5 hidden features of Google Maps.
electric vehicle setting
If you are an EV user then locating the charging station is now a very easy task. Simply select the charger type on Google Maps and search ‘electric charging station near me’. After this, Google Maps will highlight nearby charging stations compatible with electric vehicles. This will include two-wheeler, three-wheeler and four-wheeler.
Street View Time Travel Feature
With Google Maps you can go back in time. How a place or location looked some time ago. For this you will have to take help of Street View Time Travel feature. However, this feature is available only in some places.
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Share live location with friends and relatives
You can also share your live location with friends and relatives using Google Maps, a useful feature, especially when traveling to a new place. You can share your live location either for a specific period of time or forever. You can also turn it off manually.
offline navigation
You can also download the map of any location through Google Map. The good thing is that this map can be used offline even when there is no internet.
Discover new places through AI
Currently this feature is available only for limited users. Through this upcoming feature of Google Maps, users will be able to discover new places very easily. Now you can ask Google Maps for things like a new place to party or a shop for home appliances. After this you will get AI generated summary.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 5, 2024, 13:55 IST
