Google Maps includes two new, very practical features for planning your next trip.

Google Maps includes two new, very practical features for planning your next trip.Brett Jordan/Pexels

Despite Google Maps already offers many functions and offers a wide variety of assistance for traveler which plunges into unknown terrain continues to amaze new features that assist, complement or simplify those that already exist and that we typically use in our trips and excursions.

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Still between Other optionsoffers tricks for save gasfind out how many people are traveling public transport, remember where we parked the car, maintain GPS connection when driving through a tunnel, show traffic lights. But developers from Cards believe that this is not enough and continue to work to improve ease of use of the browser

and continue to be a leader in its field, although this may be influenced by the fact that it comes standard on mobile phones. They don’t lose sight to roamhaving its own individuality, very strong.

Screens for setting up the search for charging points.

They have been activated in recent days two new features, Although they may not cover all mobile phones at the same time, for smartphones with Android system. The first one is aimed at drivers electric cars and the second identifies and shows andI paved every road and street its official name is indicated. At the moment it appears that iOS phones iPhonesyou don’t have access to these two features, but they will appear over time

Nearest power stations and charging stations

As explained on the website9to5Google, dedicated tell the news in the world Google Maps shows where are the power plants and charging stations area where you are User. For this it is necessary activate filter corresponding Charging stationsin the menu bar below the search field and at the top of the screen.

By default appears option Gas stationsso it’s necessary set up a mobile for an electric car. Enough for this enter optionyour car on the menu Settings, accessed by pressing a button user icon, in the upper right corner of the screen. A screen will open showing four engines:Petrol, Diesel, Hybrid And Electric. In this case we are interested Electric. After selecting, you will be able to Plugs and adapters

in which you can select model it matches the car.

Various roads and streets highlighted on Google Maps after searching.

Filters

To come back to the beginning, to home screenthe key will appear in the menu bar Charging stations where did this appear before Gas stations. Clicking on it the map will open in which they are indicated those in the area. On this map filter panel will be changed, you can choose one of them to refine your search

They can be filter charging stations ordering them To Relevance or Distance in the list below the map; on schedule:Any, Open now, Custom), depending on the required connector (All connectors or Your connectors), or load type (Any or 50 kW or higher). Offers fourth keyMore filters, in which you can set everything up quickly. In addition to this, Google announced other improvements I will manage thisartificial intelligence (AI) to further improve access to electric vehicle charging stations.

Waze is improving its biggest selling point: real-time user notifications.

Complete layout of roads and streets

Second function Google Maps, activated a few days ago, allows you to show the whole layout streets or highways. The map shows blue line that goes the whole layout. It looks where it ends and begins. This way it will be easier for you to know where you are going and calculate your location more accurately

and the space it occupies. Until now, if you were looking for a street or highway, only a pin indicated where it was, but you had to walk the entire length to find its ends, since it did not indicate either the beginning or the end.