A few weeks after the first reports that emerged on the net, Google began to distribute support to Real -time updates of Android 16 on Google Maps.
One of the most popular and appreciated apps for maps and navigation, as well as one of the services to which the Mountain View giant holds more, thus makes this new potential made official by the Mountain View giant with the first beta of Android 16 available to users.
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The “real -time updates” arrive on Google Maps
While at the beginning of the month there was only talk of reports of Pixel users (with preview versions of the operating system) and Samsung users (with Android 16), probably for a sort of limited test, now Google has moved on to the facts, starting the distribution of the support to Real -time updates On Google Maps.
When we start a navigation via the app, just return to the initial screen, cest the pop-up (or picture-in-picture) for the navigation that will appear at the bottom right (holding down and dragging it towards the “X” at the bottom in the center) and the game is done.
The notification will change “style”, going from normal notification to notification within a chip (that oval pill that is seen high in the screenshot below). By making a tap on this chip, the pop-up will be opened that shows the progress of this update in real time.
By carrying out prolonged pressure on the notification, the system will give us confirmation of the fact that it is a real -time update. As you can see both from the previous image and from the following image, the progress bar varies according to the type of navigation.
For example, while with navigation on foot (image below) the bar is “continuous”, in the car navigation (previous image) the bar is outlined to highlight possible hitches or more intense traffic along the way.
We received this news on Pixel smartphones, regardless of the fact that they perform Android 16 QPR1 Stable, one of the beta of Android 16 QPR2 or Android Canary, with the version 25.37.00 Of Google Maps (even if the subsequent version 25.38.02 of the app is already distributed).
The rollout, as (more and more) often happens, is gradual and takes place on the server side. For this reason, so that all users with Android 16 (and the system support for real -time updates) can count on this novelty could spend a few days or a few weeks.
How to download or update the app
In order not to risk losing the latest news coming up Google Maps Just update (or download) the app via the Google Play Store, looking for the app or reaching the dedicated page via a tap on the badge below.
If you are interested in trying previewed the news that will arrive in the future within Google Maps, you can participate in the Beta App program (reachable via this link) or, if the program should be fully, proceed with the download and manual installation of the APK files of the latest beta versions available from the portal Apkmirror (page reachable at this link).
