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CTOnews.com, Oct. 18, Google today posted an article on its blog about a series of barrier-free features involved in related products.

▲ source Google Google in the article, mainly introduced their own Google Maps "Lens in Maps", magnifying glass (Magnifier) and the "Guided Frame" function for selfies.

▲ image source Google "Lens in Maps" feature formerly known as "Search with Live View", this feature is similar to Nokia's "Lumia city kaleidoscope" launched earlier, after users enable the relevant features, nearby ATM, restaurants, stations and other "key locations" content will appear in the camera App.

Google has updated this feature a few days ago, and now after enabling the relevant features, the camera App will directly help users read the nearby "key locations".

It is reported that this feature will take the lead in supporting the iOS platform and landing on the Android platform at the end of this year.

The "Magnifier" function is a "magnifying glass" software that supports Google Pixel 5 and subsequent phones. After enabling this App feature, users can be used to enlarge the text on menus or documents to make it easy to read.

▲ Picture Source Google's "Guided Frame" feature, which uses voice, high contrast and vibration feedback to help visually impaired users take selfies, is currently only supported on Pixel 8 / Pro phones and will support phones such as Pixel 6 "later this year".

CTOnews.com also found that Google also introduced two accessibility features related to "wheelchair friendliness":

Wheelchair route: the "wheelchair route" is currently supported on Google Maps, which Google claims is "also applicable to passengers dragging large suitcases".

Accessibility logo: Google Maps will mark a series of barrier-free facilities, such as "site entrances and exits, toilets", to facilitate inconvenient users to quickly locate the route.

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