{"id":224682618,"date":"2023-12-28T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T15:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/?p=224682618"},"modified":"2024-01-01T12:12:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T17:12:35","slug":"rumored-upcoming-change-to-google-maps-could-potentially-upset-many-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/rumored-upcoming-change-to-google-maps-could-potentially-upset-many-users\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u062a\u0645\u0644 \u0623\u0646 \u064a\u0632\u0639\u062c \u0627\u0644\u062a\u063a\u064a\u064a\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u062a\u0642\u0628 \u0641\u064a \u062e\u0631\u0627\u0626\u0637 Google \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062f\u064a\u062f \u0645\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0633\u062a\u062e\u062f\u0645\u064a\u0646"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Google may take away the Google Maps Driving Mode, come 2024, per a new report.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>Code tinkerers at <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">9to5Google<\/span> decompiled the latest version of the Google app and discovered some code snippets that indicate Google will kill off the Driving Mode in February 2024.<\/div>\n<p>When using Google Maps for navigation, a black bar appears at the bottom when you start driving, with an option for summoning the Assistant on the left and a dashboard on the right that lets you listen to podcasts, make calls, and send messages.<\/p>\n<p>In short, it\u2019s a quick way of doing other stuff while your driving. A string in the new version of the Google app says \u201c<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">This view is going away in February<\/span>,\u201d and \u201c<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">To call, message, or play media while navigating, tap the mic to use Assistant<\/span>.\u201d The changes are not live yet.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-0b9afb6e-8da6-4822-9a1d-f0c74732da93\" class=\"single-image-container full-width-element\">\n<div class=\"gallery-item\"><picture style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\"><source media=\"(max-width: 350px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 351px) and (max-width: 500px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 501px) and (max-width: 800px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/google-maps-driving-mode.jpg\" alt=\" Standalone Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard vs. Driving Mode - Google might anger a lot of Google Maps users with rumored upcoming change\" width=\"1600\" class=\"smush-dimensions lazyload\" style=\"--smush-image-width: 1600px; --smush-image-aspect-ratio: 1600\/900;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/> <\/picture><\/div>\n<p>Standalone Assistant Driving Mode Dashboard vs. Driving Mode<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: initial;\">Previously, Google had shut down the Assistant Driving Mode in 2022, claiming that most people preferred using the Maps Driving Mode. That was a dashboard powered by the Assistant and provided quick access to navigation, audio controls, and calling and texting shortcuts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Now that the Maps Driving Mode is apparently being taken away, it\u2019s possible that Google Maps users will be encouraged to use the Google Maps navigation mode. It\u2019s a relatively new and faster voice input method with visual feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: initial;\">In short, it appears that Google wants people to use their voice for issuing commands when they are driving, probably because the company thinks it\u2019s safer to keep your eyes on the road at all times when you are driving instead of flicking your gaze to your phone\u2019s screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Users who are more comfortable using the good old touch controls might not be happy with this change though.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google may take away the Google Maps Driving Mode, come 2024, per a new report. Code tinkerers at 9to5Google decompiled the latest version of the Google app and discovered some code snippets that indicate Google will kill off the Driving Mode in February 2024. When using Google Maps for navigation, a black bar appears at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":224682619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":255,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-224682618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-tips-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224682618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224682618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224682618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224682619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224682618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224682618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phonescanada.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224682618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}