Google Maps is no longer just a navigation app, it has become the bodyguard of your health.

News India Live, Digital Desk: What does Google Maps mean to most of us? A tool that saves us from traffic jams, prevents us from wandering on unknown paths and tells us how far away our destination is. But now the time has come that we change our way of looking at this app. Google Maps has now started taking care not only of our journey but also of our ‘breaths’.

This is no imagination, but the reality of the new air quality feature which Google has now made real-time.

Think about these everyday decisions…

Till now, we used to take many decisions of our day based on guesswork, especially those related to our health. But now this will change.

• Children’s play time: As soon as evening comes, children insist on going to the park. But there is smog outside. Now you can give them a solid reason to refuse, or look at the map and choose a time when pollution levels are comparatively lower.
• Lunch break plan: While working in the office, you thought of going out and walking to a nearby café. But one look at the map reveals that the air outside your office is in the ‘very poor’ category. Perhaps today eating office canteen food is better for your health.
• Care for the elderly: If there are elders in your house or someone who has breathing problems (asthma), then this feature is no less than a boon for them. You will definitely look at the map once, if not a hundred times, before taking them out.

It’s not just a feature, it’s a habit-changing tool

This new update of Google Maps is not just a technical enhancement. It has the ability to change the way we think. Till now pollution was an invisible enemy for us, about which we used to read only in the news. Now we will see this enemy clearly on our phone screen.

This will teach us that our health depends not only on what we eat and drink, but also on the air we breathe. This will help us take small, but wise decisions. This is the right use of technology, which makes our life not only easier but also safe and healthy. Next time you open Google Maps, ask not only about the route but also about your health.