Google Maps on Tuesday introduced a set of options that may roll out to customers in choose international locations, together with India. The service will enable customers to examine estimated toll costs earlier than a visit begins, and may establish accessible toll-free routes. Google Maps for iOS has additionally been up to date with a pinned widget on the Home Screen, in addition to direct navigation from an Apple Watch. The firm has additionally introduced that an upcoming replace will deliver Siri and Shortcuts integration with Google Maps on iOS, arriving later this 12 months.

In an announcement on Tuesday, Google revealed that customers in India, Indonesia, Japan and the US will have the ability to entry toll costs on the Google Maps app, later this month. Users may have entry to estimated toll pricing earlier than they start their journey, and the corporate says that the toll costs function will depend on info from native tolling authorities. Google says that help for the toll costs function in different international locations is “coming soon”.

Google says the brand new toll costs function on Google Maps might be launched in India
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The toll costs function will even enable customers to calculate the price of tolls on their route, whereas taking to consideration various factors — together with fee strategies like a toll go, the day of the week, the time of day, and so forth. The firm says that Google Maps will supply particulars on over 2,000 toll roads.

For customers who wish to keep away from tolls altogether, Google Maps will proceed to supply the choice to search for toll-free routes altogether. According to the corporate, customers can merely faucet on the three dots on the prime of the app to entry route choices and choose Avoid tolls to entry various routes, wherever accessible.

Alongside the brand new toll costs function, the corporate additionally introduced a brand new replace for iOS customers that may deliver a brand new pinned journey widget exhibiting them journeys they’ve pinned of their Go Tab on the newest model of the Google Maps app. According to Google, the brand new pinned widget will present customers their arrival time, when their subsequent public transport journey will depart, and counsel instructions and routes for customers preferring to drive.

The Google Maps app on iOS will even achieve help for Siri integration within the coming months
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The replace will even deliver improved Apple Watch help, together with the power to navigate routinely on the smartwatch — this might be accessible to customers in a number of weeks. Users will even have the ability to add a “Take me home” shortcut to their display screen, which is able to immediately begin navigation on the Apple Watch, the corporate mentioned.

Google Maps will even achieve entry to iOS Spotlight, Siri, and Shortcuts integration later this 12 months, based on the corporate. Users will have the ability to arrange Shortcuts on iOS, permitting them to make use of voice instructions like “Hey Siri, get directions” or “Hey Siri, search in Google Maps”. These options might be accessible within the coming months, based on Google.