Understand the Working of Google Live Traffic

Google is a well-known search engine in the world. Billions of people use it on a regular basis to get their things done. Without google, nowadays, life is considered difficult as it supports every field of life. Among the major services of Google, Google Maps have its importance and a large number of people are using it in routine. It helps you in finding your location and guide you to your destination. It supports you via voice feature and verbally tells you where to go. Mostly, Careem and Uber drivers use it to reach the pinpoint location.

According to WIKIPEDIA, Google Traffic is a feature on Google Maps that displays traffic conditions in real-time on major roads and highways. Google Traffic can be viewed at the Google Maps website, or by using the Google Maps application on a handheld device. This feature helps users to identify the route with huge traffic so that they can take alternate routes to reach their destination. In this article, we will tell you how Google traffic works? Google maps also tell you about the expected time to reach your destination by looking at the traffic and your exact location.

Google shows different colors on the routes to guide you about the traffic. On the basis of colors, you can come to know about traffic congestion and jams. Most of the people among us think that Google shows us this with the help of satellite or something, but in reality, there is something else. The answer is your SMARTPHONE. Yes, when you buy a new cell phone, it asks you to share your location with Google. That option was enabled by most of us. After enabling this, your location is continuously sent to the Google server anonymously. Your data is neither being shared nor your mobile is being tracked. Based on this data, Google makes the decision on movement on roads. For e.g., if you are driving on a road and there is traffic congestion there, your movement will become slow, and your data is shared with Google. Not only you, but there are also many people whose data is being shared. Based on this joint data, Google has an algorithm that helps in making traffic congestion colors for your ease. So, your device is telling Google about the live movements and in response, Google is helping you. On the basis of the database, Google makes a decision.

So, now we want to tell you how to use this feature of live traffic on your device if you are interested in knowing the live traffic in your area. Open the Google Maps application on your device and search your location. If you are not seeing colorful lines on the map of the roads, go to the setting within this app and tap traffic option. You will start seeing different colors on the routes. The green color on the roads shows that there is no traffic jam. The orange/yellow shows that the traffic is a little slow and the red shows that the traffic is very slow. The dark red colors show that the traffic is not moving and there is a bad jam. With the help of colors, Google is facilitating its users with live traffic updates.

Along with this support, Google is also providing you with the facility to select your destination from the starting point. If you want to go somewhere, Google will assess all possible routes and tell you the best route to your destination based on traffic and congestions.

Tell your friends and family member about this useful feature if they are not aware of that.

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