Google is rolling out a Maps widget to some of the users. The widgets help to explore your surroundings or to quickly perform a search in Maps. It’s not yet available on editors’ phones, but people are already sharing screenshots on social media.
Google Maps widget
At the end of September, we wrote about a new upcoming widget in Google Maps. With that new tool, you would get instant access to key features of the navigation app. The widgets were already discovered in the code, but now people are also sharing screenshots of the tool on social media. Google has already rolled it out to a limited extent, you know that XDA Developers.
You will be able to permanently place a Maps search bar on the home screen with which you can search for a destination, shop or catering business, exactly as can be done in the app. If you start such a search, you will immediately see the results in Maps.
Explore nearby places
Yet there is more, because there are also buttons. You can easily navigate home with it by ‘pressing’ on Home. Other buttons include: restaurants, bakeries, supermarkets, pharmacies, hotels, gas stations and more. With these shortcuts you can easily discover all these places near you, so Maps uses your location. The new widget works according to the Material You design of Android 12. If you adjust the size, you will see more or fewer buttons that lead you to places nearby.
Google recently introduced three new features in Maps, all of which involved ecological solutions. Do you already see the new Maps widget on your phone? Let us know in the comments at the bottom of this article.
– Thanks for information from Androidworld.