Google Maps is bringing its recently introduced Immersive View to your travel routes, which could make it much easier to understand where you want to go. The new feature, which Google calls Immersive View for routes, was announced at Google I/O 2023 on Wednesday.
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Immersive View currently offers a 3D view of a place and adds information like weather or traffic to give you a better idea of what’s going on in that location. (It’s kind of like Flyover , but with more detail.) By adding Immersive View to your route planning, you’ll be able to get an overhead view that will help you better visualize the landmarks and buildings you might see when navigating somewhere new. Google will even let you see traffic simulationsso you can get an idea of what you might encounter on the roads.
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Below is a video of how it will work:
As impressive as it looks, you might have to wait a while to try Immersive View for directions for yourself. Google says the feature will arrive “in the coming months” and will roll out for 15 cities, including Amsterdam, Berlin, Dublin, Florence, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Tokyo, and Venice.
In an interview, Miriam Daniel, vice president and GM of Google Maps, clarified that the feature will come to a few cities this summer and to all 15 cities by the end of the year, and Immersive View for Maps will be released first on iOS and Android.
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source of information:theverge.com
