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1 Apr 2021, 4:35 UTC ·
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First and foremost, it’s the new eco-friendly routes that we told you about yesterday and which allow Google Maps to provide users with more fuel-efficient navigation. In other words, Google Maps will now try to determine the fuel consumption for every route and then suggest the most efficient one based on factors like road incline and traffic congestion.
This will be the default route calculation model going forward, but users can switch back to the fastest route from the settings screen.
This feature will launch in the United States first, with both Android and iOS to get it at a later time this year.