{"id":255294,"date":"2023-10-18T10:10:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=310812"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:56:08","slug":"these-new-google-features-will-allow-many-more-people-to-use-their-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/these-new-google-features-will-allow-many-more-people-to-use-their-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"These new Google features will allow many more people to use their apps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our present can be dreadful in many aspects, but there’s something that gives me slight hope in humanity: there are increasingly more accessibility options in the digital world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Companies are becoming more aware<\/a> that part of their potential audience has functional diversity<\/strong> and cannot enjoy their products, or at least not in the same way as other users<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Whether for moral reasons, corporate social responsibility<\/strong>, or simply economic motives (or a combination of all), technology companies are progressively integrating more accessibility features. This week, Google has launched<\/a> new accessibility features for Maps, Search, and Assistant<\/strong>, as well as a new app called Magnifier <\/strong>that helps users read texts in different places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Maps has received the most accessibility features. First of all, the app has added screen reader support<\/strong> for the “Look Around” feature, which allows visually impaired users to identify places such as ATMs and public transportation stations around them using their phone’s camera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For people using wheelchairs, Google Maps will also allow finding shopping routes adapted for them<\/strong>, as well as more information about wheelchair accessibility in places like public restrooms and parking lots (only in Maps for Android Auto<\/strong>). Additionally, Google<\/a> is working to publicly identify businesses owned by individ<\/strong>uals with functional diversity on Search and Maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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