Google introduced in the present day that it is introducing a slew of new Maps, Search and Procuring options. The corporate revealed a majority of the brand new options throughout its Search On occasion in September and is now beginning to roll them out to customers. TechCrunch studies:
Search
Beginning in the present day, customers will be capable of use Search to search out their favourite dish at a restaurant close to them. For instance, you may search “truffle mac and cheese close to me” to see which close by eating places carry the dish on their menu. When you discover a particular dish that you just’re on the lookout for, you will get extra details about its value, substances and extra. One other new Search performance enables you to use Google’s multisearch function to search out particular meals close to you. Say you see one thing tasty-looking on-line, however do not know what it’s or the place to search out it. Now you can use Lens within the Google app for Android or iOS to snap an image or take a screenshot of a dish and add the phrases “close to me” to discover a place that sells it close by. Later this yr, Google goes roll out an replace to its Lens AR Translate capabilities so customers can extra seamlessly translate textual content on complicated backgrounds. As a substitute of protecting up the unique textual content prefer it at the moment does, Google goes to erase the textual content and re-create the pixels beneath with an AI-generated background, after which overlay the translated textual content on high of the picture.
Maps
As for the brand new Maps options, Google is launching a brand new visible search expertise referred to as Stay View in London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, San Francisco and Tokyo. […] Along with displaying details about the place locations are, customers will be capable of see key details about every spot overlaid, comparable to whether or not the placement is busy, if its open, what the value vary is, and so forth. One other new Maps function makes it simpler for EV homeowners to search out one of the best charging station for his or her automobile. Now, you may seek for “EV charging stations” and choose the “quick cost” filter. It’s also possible to filter for stations that supply your EV’s plug kind. Google additionally introduced that it is increasing its “accessible locations” function globally after initially launching it within the U.S., Australia, Japan and the U.Okay. in 2020. The function is designed to assist folks decide whether or not a spot is wheelchair accessible.
Procuring
Google has introduced a brand new AR buying function that’s designed to make it simpler to search out your precise basis match. The corporate says its new picture library options 148 fashions representing a various spectrum of pores and skin tones, ages, genders, face shapes, ethnicities and pores and skin varieties. In consequence, it needs to be simpler for consumers to higher visualize what completely different merchandise will appear to be on them. […] Customers can now additionally store for sneakers utilizing AR.
