Google Maps Now Uses Fast Food Restaurants to Give Directions
By Cody Briana on April 19, 2018
Has your Google Maps gotten smarter/easier to follow? About a month ago, people started tweeted that their app was using fast food restaurants to help navigate. Engadget reached out to Google and turns out the tech giant is testing landmarks to aid directions; however, their rep didn’t say whether the feature would become permanent and see a wider rollout. This hasn’t happened to me yet, but I’ve been thinking how much easier that’d be. The average person uses landmarks when giving directions, so Google should too!
Google map navigation just told me to turn right “after the Pizza Hut” as opposed to a specific road name. Finally! Directions I can follow!
— Stacey Carlin (@staceycarlin7) March 28, 2018
So @googlemaps instructed me to “turn right after Burger King” … I think this is the best update yet. #mindblown
— Dee(mah) (@iamdeemah) April 14, 2018
Google Maps told me to make a right “right after the White Castle.” Does it do that now?
— Scott Stein (@jetscott) April 14, 2018
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