Update 3: Google has officially announced the launch of its voice navigation and live traffic information in six Indian cities. While most of the features has already been covered below, one interesting feature worth noting is that Google will also offers live traffic information on its search engine Google.com along with Google Maps service. For instance, if an user types in 'Traffic in Bangalore', he will be able to directly see the traffic conditions on Google.com. Google also noted that it will take congestion into account in places wherever the traffic data is available, to provide better directions based to its users based on the current conditions. Update 2: It looks like Google has also started offering live traffic information in its Google Maps service, as pointed out by NDTV. The traffic information is currently available on the web version, Android, and iOS apps of Google Maps. However, when we checked, we observed that Google Maps offers traffic information for only six Indian Cities including New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai at the time of writing this article. We are also not sure if Google added this feature as part of the Navigation service launch yesterday or sometime earlier in the month, since there is no official company announcement related to this development. Update: While there is no official announcement from Google yet, the service went live around midnight for a significant number of people including us. Earlier (Sep 4): It looks like Google is prepping up to extend its…
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Updated: Google Extends Its Voice Navigation Service To India; Offers Live Traffic Info For 6 Cities
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