{"id":40693,"date":"2020-07-08T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2642585"},"modified":"2020-07-08T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T16:15:00","slug":"google-is-experimenting-with-showing-traffic-lights-in-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/08\/google-is-experimenting-with-showing-traffic-lights-in-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is experimenting with showing traffic lights in Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/07\/black-traffic-light-displaying-green-go-signal-1769739-796x530.jpg\" alt=\"google, maps, traffic lights\" width=\"664\" height=\"442\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You might soon be able to see the precise location of traffic lights on Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>Google seems to be experimenting with a new feature that displays traffic lights directly in&nbsp;Maps.&nbsp;According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2020\/07\/07\/google-maps-is-starting-to-show-traffic-lights-on-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Droid-Life<\/a>, which first spotted the new implementation, traffic lights will be visible both while navigating or simply browsing around.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s what it looks like:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1304218 lazy lazyLoaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/07\/Google-Maps-Traffic-Lights-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"591\" height=\"379\" data-lazy=\"true\" \/><figcaption>Credit:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.droid-life.com\/2020\/07\/07\/google-maps-is-starting-to-show-traffic-lights-on-android\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Droid-Life<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From the looks of it, the feature merely indicates the presence of traffic lights at certain spots &mdash; it doesn&rsquo;t actually display the exact signal in real-time (though that would&rsquo;ve been kinda cool).<\/p>\n<p>Apple rolled out&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CarPlay\/comments\/d4fwnt\/apple_maps_in_ios_13_shows_stop_signs_and_traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">a similar functionality<\/a>&nbsp;in its own Maps last year. In fact, the iPhone-maker went a step further, also including stop sign data.<\/p>\n<p>And while we&rsquo;re talking about apps with similar features, Yandex Maps has had traffic light indicators for at least a few years now, too &mdash; even before Apple showed off its own implementation. So in this case, Google is merely playing catch-up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1304215 lazy lazyLoaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200708-102618-e1594199072189.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"889\" data-lazy=\"true\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It seems the Big G is merely experimenting with the idea for the time being; I still don&rsquo;t have access to the feature on my Pixel 4, for instance. If the feature gathers enough traction, though, it might make its way to the official app soon. Stay tuned for more updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CarPlay\/comments\/d4fwnt\/apple_maps_in_ios_13_shows_stop_signs_and_traffic\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CarPlay\/comments\/d4fwnt\/apple_maps_in_ios_13_shows_stop_signs_and_traffic\/<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/> MIX <\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p> MIX <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">You might soon be able to see the precise location of traffic lights on Google Maps. Google seems to be experimenting with a new feature that displays traffic lights directly in&nbsp;Maps.&nbsp;According to&nbsp;Droid-Life, which first spotted the new implementation, traffic lights will be visible both while navigating or simply browsing around. Here&rsquo;s what it looks like: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/08\/google-is-experimenting-with-showing-traffic-lights-in-maps\/\">Continue reading <span>Google is experimenting with showing traffic lights in Maps<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/08\/google-is-experimenting-with-showing-traffic-lights-in-maps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Google is experimenting with showing traffic lights in Maps - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/08\/google-is-experimenting-with-showing-traffic-lights-in-maps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Google is experimenting with showing traffic lights in Maps - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You might soon be able to see the precise location of traffic lights on Google Maps. 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