GOOGLE Maps is reportedly testing out a new feature that could show you exactly where traffic lights are. However, there’s a chance it could only be available on Android. Droid-Life revealed …
revealed several screenshots it claimed to obtain from a reader that lives in a soon to be Google Fiber city in the US.The screenshots show several points around a Google Map of West Des Moines that have traffic light icons.Google Maps doesn't usually show these iconsSo far there's only screenshots from an Android phone.
If this update does become widespread it could be useful for people trying to plan journeys ahead of time.We have reached out to Google for comment on whether it will be rolled out further.There are several ways to check your own Google Location History.This lets you see exactly where you've been on a given day, even tracking your methods of travel and the times you were at certain locations.
Alternatively, if you've got the Google Maps app, launch it and press the hamburger icon – three horizontal lines stacked on top of each other.If you've had Google Location History turned on for a few years without realising, this might be quite shocking. Suddenly finding out that Google has an extremely detailed map of years of your real-world movements can seem creepy – so you might want to turn the feature off.You can turn off Location History here:
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