Google has been testing for several months add 3D buildings to your maps On routes on Google Maps. It now appears that the trials have concluded and the option has started to be enabled for everyone, first in the beta version of the application.

Google Maps comes into service Routes with 3D buildings, both on mobile and Android Auto. The good news is that if you don’t like them, there’s a new setting in Google Maps options that will disable three-dimensionality.

Overlapping 3D buildings if you want.

Google Maps has 3D buildings in many cities, and you can view them through the app’s 3D layer. But, The map became flat when you started a route Even if you have enabled the 3D layer before.

Google has been testing since January Include 3D buildings in routes Even though Google Maps is available on both mobile and Android Auto, we didn’t have much control over it initially: it was either shown to us or it wasn’t. In my case it appeared one day and disappeared the next day.

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The experiment seems to have been successful, as routes with 3D buildings are now re-enabled for users. First in beta version of Google Maps for AndroidStarting with version 11.124.0102, although the update is not a guarantee that you will have it.

The biggest change is the availability of a new option in Google Maps navigation settings called Show buildings in 3D. If we activate it, we will see the buildings in 3D (transparent so as not to block the route) during the routes. Otherwise it will remain flat as before.

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These 3D buildings They also appear in Android Auto, as long as you have previously enabled it in the Google Maps settings on your mobile phone. Likewise, if 3D structures appear on Google Maps routes in Android Auto and you do not want this to be the case, you will solve the problem by disabling the option and reconnecting the mobile phone to the vehicle.

via | Android Police

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