With a beta feature called Live View, you can use augmented reality (AR) to better see which way to walk. Arrows and directions are placed in the real world to guide your way.
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Awesome! So how exactly do we get this? Will it just show up in an upcoming Maps update?
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@andrew2 you do not want it. Be happy with what you don't have.
How do I use this new feature on an iPhone? I don't see any new buttons or options that might turn this feature on.
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Works surprisingly well! I've tried it on my trip to Washington. We'd usually stop/sit somewhere and figure out our next destination. This feature helps a lot just figuring out where to start going. After that, you don't really need to have it enabled, the old good way still works the best. The only time the old way doesn't work is when you're in downtown and there's many tall buildings around. Your gps signal is very weak and you don't know exactly where you are or to go. So the camera + map would help you a lot. Love it!
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This functionality is eating my battery. I tried coupe time using it but then I just fall back to my regular google maps.
Don't have access to the feature yet, but I'm really looking forward to trying it out. Seems like a good use of AR.
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I've been using it for a while (it rolled out to Local Guides some time ago). I haven't found it a huge battery drain, mostly because (despite the pictures) you use it to figure out the next step, then put it aside and start walking - it will complain at you if you try to walk with the phone up and "looking". It does help, particularly when you come up from a subway station and "where the heck am I" happens.
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Sweet, make sure you got that battery thoughhhh and dont walk into a pole :p
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