Google has announced a new version of Google Maps for beta testers that includes multiple unique features that the company intends to make available to everyone in the future: There is a brand new privacy feature that allows you to better manage the location of your data. Google Maps privacy Last summer, surveys revealed that Google was monitoring and recording the location of users, even when they thought the feature was disabled and used various apps to do so, not just Google Maps.
This is the type of privacy violation that the EU could punish with record fines, therefore, Google has every interest in improving the privacy of users in Google Maps, ie in the main App that requires access to the position.
Google Maps new privacy feature Of the code found in Google Maps 10.10 beta reveals that Google is considering the addition of the automatic deletion function of the position history in the app, in addition to the functions in the menu that allow you to delete the location history from 'app manually. It must be emphasized that this newly discovered feature is only undergoing testing at the moment, which means that it is not known when and if the final version of the function will arrive in the app. Google is going in the same direction of protecting users' privacy even in the online search with the cancellation of the search history.
Google Maps location history automatically deleted It is unclear how the new Location History function will work and how quickly it will delete user location data after it has used the app, but the code seems to indicate that you will be able to delete continuously the history of the positions associated with the account and decide which part and how long to keep the history. Google Maps 10.10 beta Other features of Google Maps 10.10 beta include a new personal events menu that will show "annotations and travel tips" from Google Calendar and bookings in Gmail, as well as a "browsing" feature that will allow you to preview and start the first or last leg of a journey. Then there is the news from Google Maps to avoid speed cameras and fines. How to download Google Maps Beta To sign up for the Google Maps beta program, all you need to do is go to the app on the Play Store and follow the instructions. Here is the link on the Store for Android link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps Article Google Maps: a new feature for privacy (useful really) is the original content of Digital.
