Google’s navigation app, Google Maps, is the most popular tool in the category offering a set of different functionalities. The apps have plenty of features allowing users to find an address, navigate, and reach there easily. While common features like locating an address, distance calculation, saved address, sharing, toll details, street view, etc are known to many. But Google now enables the user to set a speed limit and send alerts during driving for a safer ride.
However, Google has been offering this feature to the Maps tool for quite some time but it is only now that the feature is available in India as well.
The search engine giant announced the feature by releasing an official blog a part of which says, “To help support road safety efforts in the country, Google Maps will now show speed limits information shared by traffic authorities, starting with Bengaluru and Chandigarh. We are looking forward to partnering with more cities in surfacing speed limits info on Google Maps.”
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Even though the speed limit feature has been rolled in two Indian cities, we expect the feature will soon be available in other cities as well. So to guide you, we have described the steps on how to turn on the speed limit feature on Google Maps.
How to turn on the speed limit warning on Google Maps
- Open the Google Maps app on your smartphone.
- Click on the profile picture in the top right corner.
- Tap on ‘Settings’ and scroll down to click on ‘Navigation Settings’.
- Now turn on the toggle for the speed limit.
- Turn on the toggle for the speedometer.
Not limited to just the speed limit feature, Google has also joined hands with Bengaluru traffic police for proper optimization of traffic light timings in the city. The team has also revealed gaining positive outcomes in reducing congestion by using existing traffic patterns and advanced machine learning algorithms.
Google claims of reducing wait time at intersections, road congestion, and carbon emissions by up to 20% with the new implementation. The company is planning to commence and expand the possibilities in Kolkata and Hyderabad as its next project.
