{"id":5225,"date":"2017-12-18T19:39:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T19:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=5225"},"modified":"2017-12-18T19:39:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T19:39:11","slug":"google-maps-alert-get-off-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/12\/18\/google-maps-alert-get-off-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps to alert you when to get off the bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps is adding a helpful new feature for commuters who tend to lose track of time during bus or train ride. It will now send a push notification when the user is approaching their destination.<!--more--><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s much easier for mass transit travellers to doze off or get distracted and miss their intended stop. Now, you\u2019ll get a notification that\u2019ll make staying on the train or bus too long less likely,\u201d The Verge reported late on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Google Maps provide turn-by-turn notifications for driving directions and now, the addition will make the app send a push notification when the user is approaching their stop.<\/p>\n<p>This feature will especially help Android users when they use public transit.<\/p>\n<p>Log into Google Maps on Android smartphone, enter destination, select directions for transit and tap on the route you want to take to use the new feature.<\/p>\n<p>The concept, however, is not completely new.<\/p>\n<p>Transit\u2014a public transit app and mapping service based in Canada has a \u201cGo\u201d feature that takes the user through every step of a bus or subway ride.<\/p>\n<p>IANS<\/p>\n<p>Picture courtesy: Alamay Image<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps is adding a helpful new feature for commuters who tend to lose track of time during bus or train ride. It will now send a push notification when the user is approaching their destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[89,54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5227,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions\/5227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}