Likewise, Maps will also receive significant improvements, because with the new Live View function it will be possible to superimpose arrows on the images of the streets, as well as transport information and points of interest.
In the news, the technology company says that it has broken the language barrier and that a new function will be launched in early 2023 that will provide coverage through automatic translation. In this way, if a person in the United States wants to know how the earthquake of September 19 in Mexico affected, he will be able to find local content translated into English.
“This feature connects readers seeking international news with relevant local reporting in other languages, giving them access to more comprehensive coverage on the ground and making new global perspectives available,” wrote Lauren Clark, product manager at Google. Search, and Itamar Snir, product manager for Google News.
The changes do not only respond to TikTok
In July, a report was published mentioning that generation Z went to TikTok and Instagram to search for topics that interest them, which had an impact on the Google search engine, since even the company’s vice president, Prabhakar Raghavan, accepted that the mentality of these users is not the one they were used to.
And although the modifications are oriented towards the visual aspect, the company also seeks to be a more complete option for all users, even for those who want to generate a conversation in Reddit forums, through new options that lead to threads of those pages.