Google Maps app brings voice-guided lane instructions feature

BANGALORE, INDIA: Google has introduced a new lane guidance feature for Google Maps on Android and iOS in India. With the Google Maps app for iPhone/iPad and Android, users will now be able to see and hear voice-guided instructions signaling which lane they should stay in or move to while in navigation mode.

Lane guidance within Google Maps for mobile will be available for major roads across 20 Indian cities: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Mysore, Nagpur, Pune, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Vadodara and Visakhapatnam.

Drivers in India can enjoy the turn-by-turn, voice-guided instructions in English as well as Hindi.

Suren Ruhela, director product and program management, Google said, “Our goal is to continue making Google Maps for mobile into a handy travel companion for your daily commutes and trips ar ound Ind ia, and we hope the new lane guidance will help make road travels easier to navigate for English and Hindi speaker across the country.”

Google had also launched Google Maps in Hindi so that people could see Hindi names for cities, localities, important roads, as well as popular points of interest such as public parks and schools, on Google Maps.