Google unveiled a new Google Maps widget that will offer live traffic information for your location, but the feature only works on Android.
Google announced a brand new Google Maps widget that will offer users real-time traffic information about their current location. The feature should make it even easier to manage your navigation, offering immediate information about the traffic conditions around your location. But the new real-time traffic information widget has some downsides. For starters, it only works on Android for the time being. Secondly, the widget will require permanent access to location information.
Whether you’re commuting or heading out to meet friends, Google Maps’ real-time traffic predictions can help you easily plan your route. And with the new nearby traffic widget, launching in the coming weeks, you’ll see this information for your current location right from your Android Home screen. The new Google Maps is limited to Android, but Google might bring it to iPhone in the future. After all, Google has always strived to offer iPhone users an identical Maps experience to the Android app.
Then there’s the privacy angle. For a Google Maps widget to offer location-based information at any time, you need to let the app access your location even when you’re not using the app. That’s speculation, however, as Google doesn’t address privacy matters for this Google Maps functionality.
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