Google always something to talk to new features and updates. However, this time the technology giant is in the news for its application maps, and not precisely for incorporating a new utility.
On the contrary, the mapping tool Google will eliminate one of its features, although only in the web version of the browser, and not in the app. What is it about?
Goodbye to the ‘timeline’
The first thing to know is that what was previously known as location history is today the call Chronologya Maps feature that tracks and stores routes and the places visited.
And goodbye to timeline (English timeline or location history) means that accessing Your chronology from the Maps website will no longer be possible. Of course, Google has set a deadline of December 1 to make this change.
The information was published by the media Android Police after a member of the media received an email from Google: “Keep your schedule? “Decide on December 1.”
This decision by the electronic giant goes pro user privacy, well Google wants to store this data on the mobile and not on their servers. That is, it will save the information on the users’ device instead of in the cloud.
As a result, they will need to decide whether they want to retain their past travel data and how they want to manage it in the future.
In fact, Google has already published it in its Help Center and warns the following: “Important: These changes will be gradually rolled out to all users of the Google Maps application. You will receive a notification when an update is available for your account. In addition, he adds that the chronology will disappear from the web.
To do?
If you want to keep the data, it is advisable to upload the history from the website to the application, otherwise it will be you will lose everything.
In any case, Google will transfer the data of the last 90 days to first device with which they log in after December 1 and, in the process, will delete the rest.
On the other hand, there are several options to manage data. For example, you can configure the automatic removal after 3, 18 or 36 months. To configure it, you need to go to the profile icon, then Timeline, Timeline information, Settings and Automatic removal.
“To retain access to your old timeline data and ensure subsequent collection is localized, you will need to update to a recent version of Maps and follow the instructions on a notification automatic, a alert in the app or an email you receive,” recommends AndroidPolice. Now, if the privacy concern is priorityAnother option is disable the Timeline.
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