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Thursday, 8 August 2019

Google Maps gets Reservations tab, updated timeline in latest update; Live View beta expands to Android and iOS

Google Maps has been getting new features off-late like India focussed Explore tab, live trains status, Stay Safer and more. Similarly, today Google is introducing new tools to Google Maps that aims to simplify every step of the user's trip once they have touched down alongside helping users to navigate, explore, and get things done at home. Google Maps will now display all of your flight and hotel reservations in one place. It works in offline as well and selecting a trip will instantly pull up the reservations. Users can access this information by tapping on the three gray lines at the top left corner of your screen, and then on “Your Places” and by selecting “Reservations” tab to see a list of their upcoming trips. Apart from this, users can also discover restaurants tailored to their tastes with 'Your Match', see how long the wait is, and also book a reservation without leaving the app. Google rolled out its 'Live View' AR navigation beta to Local Guides and Pixel community earlier this year and are now expanding the beta to Android and iOS devices that support ARCore and ARKit starting this week. The new augmented reality feature is aimed at providing users with directions from your phone’s camera ...