Google Maps in India to Get Off-Route Alert Feature

As part of the many new features Google is experimenting with and adding on Maps, the search engine giant is testing an “Off-route” alert feature, exclusively in India for now. Intended to keep users safe while they are riding in a taxi, the “Off-route” feature would notify users every time their cab gets sidetracked from the intended course by 500 metres, XDA Developers reported on Monday.

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Besides ensuring users’ safety, the feature is also intended to help them avoid being tricked by a cab driver while travelling to an unfamiliar part of the city. On sensing a wrong route, the feature would not re-route the driver, but send alerts on the users’ phones.

For now, it remains unclear if users of Google Maps in other countries are also getting the test “off-route” feature or not.