Google Maps is introducing new features targeted at minimizing its customers' carbon footprint. These include environmentally friendly routing, light guidance for bikers, and bike and scooter sharing information, all of which can assist commuters in making greener choices. With eco-friendly routing, Google Maps will recommend routes that use the least amount of gasoline. The lite navigation function will provide cyclists with critical route information without requiring them to enter turn-by-turn navigation, which needs the screen to be turned on.
On Google Maps, users can easily check nearby stations and how many cars are available at any one time using bike and scooter sharing information. Google highlighted all of the new capabilities that Google Maps is rolling out to users in a blog post published on Wednesday. Google's AI algorithms are used in the new eco-friendly routing to propose the most fuel-efficient route, which may or may not be the shortest route to your...