Google Maps gets major makeover! Sundar Pichai reveals new features; here is what you get

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In a major announcement at the Google I/O 2023 developer conference, CEO Sundar Pichai has rolled out massive new features for Google Maps, thereby ensuring a transformative experience for users worldwide. The immersive and live view application has received a significant overhaul, introducing new features and improvements that promise to enhance the user experience like never before. Pichai took to the stage to address a captivated audience of developers, tech enthusiasts, and journalists, detailing the key advancements that will reshape the way we navigate the world.

During his keynote speech, Pichai highlighted the importance of Google Maps as an essential tool for billions of people worldwide. He emphasised the company's commitment to continually improving the platform, ensuring that it remains the go-to application for accurate mapping and real-time navigation.

One of the most prominent updates to Google Maps is the features like search with Live View and Immersive View for places. Now with Immersive View for routes, you can visualise every segment of a route before you go — whether you're driving, walking or cycling.

Immersive View uses computer vision and AI to fuse billions of Street View and aerial images to create a rich, digital model of the world. With this technology, you can see all the information you need about your route at once. When you get directions, you'll see a multidimensional experience that lets you preview bike lanes, sidewalks, intersections and parking along your journey. With the time slider, you'll see air quality information and how the route looks as the weather changes throughout the day, so you can be prepared with a jacket or sunscreen.

And no matter what mode you take, AI and historical