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Tu t o r i a l s

Discover nearby

attractions and weather

Explore

recommended

places in your

local area

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s well as being the best navigation app

available for Android devices, Google Maps

does well at providing users with guides,

recommendations and general information about

the area around them in a clean and well-designed

interface.It’s a feature that’s been included in Maps

for some time, but it’s only been very recently that the

feature has become one of the premier things to

check out within the app. With more links to Google

Now, this discovery system is now surprisingly

in-depth and can help you obtain the information you

need for any thing from restaurants to the opening

times of a local park.

In this tutorial, we’ll be looking at how users can

initially set up the feature on their A ndroid dev ice

and where to find it from the start. Keep reading and

we will also point out how you can completely

personalise it to your exact needs, while also showing

you the best way to achieve even better integration

with Google Now.

Select any one of the results found in the

list to take a closer look at that establishment. On

each listing you can find general information, such

as opening times and contact numbers, as well as

a rating based on reviews from other users, and

exact directions to the location.

Get more information

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To initiate the recommendation feature, you’ll

first need to find your current location. Press on the

white tracking icon at the bottom right of the screen

so that Map’s can triangulated your position. Once

located, press on the blue circle that marks your

location within the centre of the Maps interface.

Track your location

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Under the weather report, two drop-downs

show a distance and time (such as ‘5 min walk’

and ‘Morning’). You can change these depending

on the time of day and distance you want to travel

to alter your results. Once revised, you may find

that more local attractions appear.

Filter results

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A menu screen will appear asking to

specify your exact location from list of options –

ignore this. Instead you will want to choose the

Explore Nearby option, which will sit next to a

compass point icon, located at the bottom of the

menu, to begin discovering nearby attractions.

Where are you?

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Dependingoniftheweathercard is

activatedwithinGoogleNow,thefirstthing you

should now see is a weather report for your local

area. Scroll down the list and you will initially see

recommendations for local businesses, such as

coffee shops, pubs and restaurants.

Exploreyourarea

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