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Google Maps Getting Stop Sign and Traffic Light Icons

April 12, 2022

Google Maps is an incredible app no matter what the platform it is running on. Ars Technica reported coming improvements to the navigation mode. As Google stated, “The new navigation map starts rolling out to select countries in the coming weeks on Android, iOS, Android Auto, and CarPlay.” Building and road details will also be improved. The features are rolling out in stages. That means you may see traffic lights but no building details.

Estimated toll prices are rolling out too. As the post states, Google is pulling in “trusted information from local tolling authorities” and will “look at factors like the cost of using a toll pass or other payment methods, what the day of the week it is, along with how much the toll is expected to cost at the specific time you’ll be crossing it.” If you blow through a stop sign, can you claim it doesn’t actually exist since it is not on Google Maps?

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