Google Maps testing 3D buildings during navigation on app & Android Auto

Google Maps has actually supported revealing structures in 3D for a long time, and now the app is checking out the capability to reveal those 3D structures while in navigation on the mobile app along with on Android Auto.

3D structures in Google Maps do not appear by default, however rather when you switch on a layer in the appStructures appear in 3D whether it’s in a city or a smaller sized location too. Considering that their launch, they have not revealed up while browsing.

That appears to be altering.

For some, the Google Maps app on Android and iOS has actually begun revealing 3D structures throughout navigation. This needs the 3D view to be made it possible for prior to navigation starting, and likewise that you’re zoomed in a reasonable bit. We’re uncertain precisely when this appeared, however it seems relatively current.

For even less, this view likewise appears to be appearing in Google Maps on Android Auto.

While we have actually had the ability to see 3D structures on phones, we’re not seeing the very same on Android Auto in our screening. Some users on Reddit identified the 3D structures in action on Google Maps, with the structures going transparent when in the method of the path. Once again, this appears to just remain in screening today, however a handful of users saw it back in mid-December. A 9to5Google reader even more discovered the addition today.

Are you seeing 3D structures in Google Maps navigation? Let us understand what gadgets you’re seeing it on in the remarks listed below!

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• Android Auto can now conserve your parking area in Google Maps on arrival

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