Navigate with ease: Mappls MapMyIndia now supports 9 regional languages | Technology News
MapMyIndia, the popular alternative to Google Maps in India, announced support for 9 regional languages. At the India International Center in New Delhi, Mappls, the company behind MapMyIndia said users will now be able to use the app in languages like Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Punjabi, Malayalam and Gujarati.
These regional languages can be used irrespective of your location, meaning a user in one state will be able to read the map in their language in other states as well.
Apart from turn-by-turn direction guidance, users can also use features like voice navigation, localized search and more in their native language. Mappls says its navigation services now covers 99.9 per cent of India’s road network and has more than 30 million users in the country.
The addition of support for regional languages also makes MapMyIndia one of the few iOS apps that allows users to use navigation features in their native language. The app also offers stand-out features like information on wildfires, local vegetation indices, water spread and nightlight data.
Compared to Google Maps, which remains one of the most widely used navigation apps in India, MapMyIndia focuses on hyper-local data, meaning it can be more accurate in rural areas where Google Maps may not have the most up-to-date information.
In October last year, MapMyIndia introduced a crowdsource-based feature that helped those living in Delhi flag sources of pollution like stubble burning with just two taps.
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