BANGALORE: Ever since we have begun to rely on Smartphones, Google Maps Smartphone app has been guiding us towards the right direction. Over time the app has grown towards the betterment and has made it seem easy to commute around a new city. Now, Google is all set to release a major update to the dedicated maps app and it promises exciting new features that will make navigating around the city easier than ever, reports NDTV.

The new update brings in the 'intelligent' Driving mode where the app goes through a user’s location history and web searches to provide traffic updates and narrow down the destination without user’s input. There is another feature dubbed as Driving Mode – it is an optional feature that can be activated from the home screen of the app.

The latest update (Version 9.19) for Google Maps on Android is not available in Google PlayStore but the enthusiastic Android users can download the update separately from APK Mirror website. According to Android Police who have tested the new update on Google Maps, they have encountered some glitches while activating the Driving Mode and posted it the same in their report too.

However, Google won’t release the update with bugs in it; therefore we can expect a smooth working update when it is made available on the PlayStore. The new update also includes a toggle button for turning on and off the turn-by-turn voice assistance.

Coming to the interface of the app, which also receives minor alterations as the Timeline settings is replaced with Manage location settings. The new update goes friendly with mobile data by managing it to use less data while downloading maps. Furthermore, Google Photos is stitched with Maps making it alter the inaccurately saved location to that of a user specified location through search option.

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