Apple may have abandoned Google Maps for its upcoming iOS 6, but Google continues to seek new heights with its popular Maps feature. Per latest reports, the company has included more new features and tweaks and the newest version of Maps is set to provide new transit display controls, location features, and region highlights.
Currently, if users let Maps detect their location data and save it with Google's Location History, they will have access to some new and effective ways in which to access it. When reviewing that data, users will be able to see the places they have visited on a day-by-day basis.
"Public transportation information is especially useful when it's in the palm of your hand. Today we're releasing an update to the Google Maps for Android app (version 6.10) which makes this transit information even more useful," the Official Google Blog states. "We've made some changes to the Transit Lines layer, so that you can select a specific mode of public transportation (train, bus, tram or subway) to display on the mobile map, hiding the other modes. This is helpful in areas where there is a tight concentration of several types of public transit."
In addition to these new transit features, the company has also updated region highlighting, My Places, and Location History displays in Google Maps for Android. Google listed the following features:
- "Now, whenever you search for a city or postal code, the borders of that region are highlighted.
- Under My Places you'll notice we've added new tabs, which will help you access all your information from a single place; from your saved maps for use offline to your starred places and Custom Maps created on your desktop.
- If you enable Location History, you'll be able to browse the places you've been on a daily basis with an updated Location History dashboard."
The updated Google Maps is now available on Google Play.
