In the approaching months, Android telephones with and Mobile Platforms will have the ability to measure location information to inside one meter (roughly three toes). Qualcomm will use long-term collaborator Trimble’s RTX GNSS correction companies platform to let Android smartphone makers, service suppliers and app builders harness extra correct location information.

Trimble claims it and Qualcomm will enhance Android location accuracy by 5 occasions in contrast with present capabilities. The tech, which might be out there within the second quarter of this yr, will allow options like lane-level steerage for automobile navigation methods, Trimble stated. It may additionally assist customers discover their ride-sharing driver extra simply and designate extra exact locations.

It’s unclear whether or not present telephones will have the ability to use extra exact location information with this tech. Engadget has contacted Trimble and Qualcomm for clarification.

The prospect of extra correct location information naturally raises questions on privateness. However, you will nonetheless have the ability to swap off location monitoring system broad and for particular person apps and delete your location historical past from the Android OS.