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Google Maps is introducing new features targeted at minimizing its customers' carbon footprint. These include environmentally friendly routing, light guidance for bikers, and bike and scooter sharing information, all of which can assist commuters in making greener choices. With eco-friendly routing, Google Maps will recommend routes that use the least amount of gasoline. The lite navigation function will provide cyclists with critical route information without requiring them to enter turn-by-turn navigation, which needs the screen to be turned on.
On Google Maps, users can easily check nearby stations and how many cars are available at any one time using bike and scooter sharing information. Google highlighted all of the new capabilities that Google Maps is rolling out to users in a blog post published on Wednesday. Google's AI algorithms are used in the new eco-friendly routing to propose the most fuel-efficient route, which may or may not be the shortest route to your destination. Commuters may compare ETA (estimated time of arrival) and fuel-saving routes to their destination, as well as the most fuel-efficient and quickest routes.
According to Google, eco-friendly routing has the potential to reduce carbon emissions by over one million tons per year, which is the equivalent of eliminating over 200,000 automobiles from the road. The update is presently available for Android and iOS in the United States. In 2022, Google plans to expand it to Europe and other areas. Cyclists may focus more on the road with the lite navigation function because they don't have to keep their phone screen on or enter turn-by-turn navigation. In a single glance, the function displays key travel information such as journey progress, real-time ETA updates, and the elevation of the route.
This functionality will be available to Android and iOS users in places where bicycle navigation is available in the coming months. In the United States, the update is currently available for Android and iOS. Google intends to expand it to Europe and other places by 2022. Because they don't have to keep their phone screen on or enter turn-by-turn navigation, cyclists may focus more on the road with the lite navigation feature. The feature provides essential trip information such as journey status, real-time ETA updates, and route elevation in a single glance. In the coming months, Android and iOS users will be able to utilize this feature in locations where bicycle navigation is accessible.
