Google just announced a cute new feature for its Android Maps app, which lets you customize your home and work addresses with virtual stickers.
Live in a barn? How about a high-rise apartment complex? What about a yellow submarine, or a teepee, or an old farmhouse? Now, you can reflect that in Maps.
"Whatever your dream home may be, Google Maps can help make it a little less make-believe," Google Maps Software Engineer Beth Findley wrote in a blog post. "Starting today you can customize your home and work addresses in Google Maps on Android with stickers, so your map is a little more you."
There are some benefits to saving your home and work addresses in Google Maps. You can, for instance, use the new driving mode feature for one-tap access to driving directions from your phone's home screen. You can also label places like your child's school or your best friend's house for quicker access to directions, traffic conditions, and best routes, Findley pointed out.
To save an address in Maps, make sure you're signed into your Google account, head over to the Your Places tab or just type an address, then press Add label. Once you get it set up, just type "home," "work," or "gym" in the search bar to quickly get directions instead of having to manually type the address every time.
The driving mode feature, introduced in January, makes assumptions about where you're going to make it easier to input destinations. It also analyzes the path ahead to alert you about possible traffic slow-downs and other issues. Google maps also recently got a little more detour-friendly on iOS and Android.
Source:PC MAG
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