“Now when you fire up your Google Maps app, you’ll instantly see a directions card with different modes of transportation,” wrote Cathay Bi, Product Manager Google Maps. “Whether you’d like to take the bus to Connaught Place in New Delhi or you are planning to go by foot to a new mall that just opened nearby, you can start planning your route with a single tap. And if you’d like to access a certain route while you’re on the go without using data, you can save the route to be used offline.”
Also included in the Google Maps India revamp are a number of icons that draw users’ attention to other useful features, like satellite imagery of destinations, real-time information about traffic, and details about public transportation lines. Moreover, Google has made it possible for users in India to save a specific area of a map for use offline.
“We hope this new home screen provides a much more intuitive and faster experience for people in India,” Bi concluded. “The Maps team will continue to evolve our products to make them useful no matter where you go or what you do, especially for the millions of people coming online for the first time.”
