LIVE TRAFFIC UPDATES ON GOOGLE MAP in INDIA
Google has flipped the switch on its free turn-by-turn voice navigation service and traffic data in India. Any Android user can now use Google Maps Navigation to select best possible route to their destination, however the live traffic data is also available on desktop maps and mobile maps from the company.
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| LIVE TRAFFIC UPDATES ON GOOGLE MAP |
Google Now uses card format to show this information and one of
the several cards is traffic card, which gives you traffic conditions and
alternate routes before you leave for work or home. Google Now also puts
traffic to your next likely destination at your fingertips. But until now, the
traffic cards weren't of much use in India as there was no traffic data, which
has now changed.
Live traffic updates within maps for
selected cities as Delhi, Mumbai,
Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune but, surprisingly, not Kolkata. Red is
the color indicating heavy traffic, while green indicates free flow, and yellow
is somewhere in between.
Started in first week of September 2012, if you have a Jelly Bean running smartphone
with Google Now, you will be able to see estimated time to your destination
(home, office or any other location you search on Google) with traffic
condition details. So, if you see that a particular road is seeing
high-traffic, you can take an alternate route to your office and reach on time.