Hello world, some great things are happening on Google Maps but before you explore, I would advice you first update you app. I am currently on version 10.16.3 if anyone knows of a more advance version please do share. I know you are all curious so let me get to it.
Tag & Earn points
When you navigate to your contributions tab after the update, you will notice there is a new and fancy tab that prompts to add photos and reviews. Mine is labeled beta meaning this feature is still under the testing phase. I know this is nothing new but once you click on it that’s when the magic happens. You will notice there is a new feature that allows you to tag a dish and earn points. To all the food and photography lovers this will entice you to keep up the good work!
I am not sure if this will be available to everyone considering it’s a beta version. If the update doesn’t work, here is an alternative way to signup to explore the beta version in maps to choose to explore this beta version.
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Navigate to play store and search for maps
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Once you are there scroll down, you will notice there is a section title what’s new, click on it and you can signup to be among those who experience the beta version.
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Once you sign up you will receive a confirmation that you are now on the beta version and you are good to go. If at any one point in time you want to go back, it’s super easy, just exit the beta version.
Create public events on Google maps
I recently saw a number of public events on Google Maps which are very local and I knew someone here created them. After reading about it I noticed that if you go to maps, under the contributions tab you are supposed to see a feature that allows you to do this. Sadly I tried updating maps but still am unable to do this, my assumption at this point is that my phone is not compatible with this feature. I however posted it here because I think this might be a great way to inform the public about our meetups. Here is a photo of the local event I saw.
Yes you can now access Maps and your contributions straight from local guide connect
Wow! This absolutely blew me away guys. No more headaches of opening a million windows and going back and forth.
Normal Google Maps vs Google Maps go
Google maps go is meant to utilize less data than normal maps just like YouTube go if any of you have tried it. I have not tried it personally, my experience with it was when I was recently helping a business owner add her hardware to maps and she was using Google Maps go and everything worked just fine. Anyone with more knowledge and experience I welcome your thoughts.
