Google Maps tools and options become more and more useful all the time. Recently, the service introduced speed trap icons and audio warnings. It’s also working on integrating a Waze feature, traffic incident reporting. Now, it’s gaining another option — car navigation departure and arrival times.
It’s a small yet welcome addition, given it lets users customize their car travel plans. However, at this time, it remains very simplistic. There’s nothing integrated for contingencies, such as traffic delays and the like. Moreover, there isn’t an option to set a reminder prior to the departure time, which is quite odd.
The new Google Maps car navigation travel time option is now available through beta release in the Google Play Store.