New Google Maps update polishes several features, adds car rental info
Google is getting ready to start rolling out a new update to Google Maps, bumping it up to version 9.10, that brings some minor changes to several existing features and adds information on car rental bookings. An early look at the APK reveals updates to the photo gallery view, the Your Places screen, and some tweaks to the Settings available.
In their last update to Maps, Google added the ability for users to upload multiple photos for a location. Expanding on that concept, Google has now updated the viewer so multiple photos are shown at once using a flowing gallery view. Users can still tap into an image to view it standalone, but they will find some new options on the screen for adding photos and reporting inappropriate photos. These replace the overflow menu.
The Your Places screen has been updated to incorporate some Google+ design cues like use of your background image in the header area. On top of this users will find buttons for their reviews and their photos and these buttons replace the blue bar linking to reviews that used to be in place.
For Settings, Google has fixed the “Shake to send feedback” bug by setting the default to be disabled. This should help prevent instances where users were inadvertently triggering the feedback process while doing something like jogging and interrupting something else they were trying to do with their device. Google has also added a new menu option to the Settings screen so that users can turn on the scale and set it so that it is always present instead of disappearing a couple seconds after a zoom action is taken.
Finally, the new search feature that Google added last month for events, flights and hotels has been extended to include rental car reservations. Maps will now show users where they are supposed to pick up and drop off vehicles, times, confirmation number, type of car and other info.
If you do not want to wait for the update to roll around to your device as part of Google’s phased deployment, you can grab the APK file using the link below and sideload it on your device. The APK is signed by Google and will update your existing Maps app.
source: Android Police
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