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Google Maps adds incognito mode to Android users

Google today officially announced that Incognito mode is currently being rolled out to Maps users on Android devices. When you activate incognito mode in Google Maps, all activities that you perform in the app, such as search locations, directions and some other information will not be saved to your account. Your Google as usual. As such, when incognito mode is enabled, Google Maps will not:

  1. Save browsing history or search your location, distance or send you notifications.
  2. Update the location history or shared location, if any.
  3. Use your personal data to personalize Maps.

The following features will not be available in incognito mode:

  1. Commute (move)
  2. For You (for you)
  3. Location History (location history feature will be paused on your entire device, not just with Maps.
  4. Location Sharing (sharing location)
  5. Notifications and messages
  6. Search history (search history)
  7. Search completion suggestions (search completion suggestions)
  8. Google Maps Contributions (Google Maps Contributions)
  9. Google Assistant microphone in navigation mode (Navigation)
  10. Offline Maps (offline map)
  11. Your Places (your location)
  12. Media integration (media integration)

Additionally, 'turning on incognito mode in Maps does not affect how Internet service providers, other applications, voice search and other Google services use or operate. action '.

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To turn on Google Maps Incognito mode, the first step you open the Maps app and click on your profile picture, you will see the 'Turn on Incognito mode' option , just Click and incognito mode will be enabled.

Google Maps is also adding many new features focused on privacy. Among them is the feature to control the amount of personal information that Google keeps by setting up a Google account to automatically delete data history after 3 months, 18 months or manually delete.

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