Google Maps uses AI to predict traffic and ETA, dark mode for Maps may be in the works

Google Maps takes assistance from Deep Minds, a London-based AI lab owned by Google's parent company Alphabet to get accurate results for users. Google, in a blog post, explains how the AI helps it collect data using neural networks to predict future traffic. This data includes live traffic information collected anonymously from Android devices, historical traffic data, information like speed limits and construction sites from local governments, and also factors like the quality, size, and direction of any given road, The Verge noted. "We then combine this database of historical traffic patterns with live traffic conditions, using machine learning to generate predictions based on both sets of data," Johann Lau, product Manager Google Maps, wrote in the blog post. Other than the AI, Google relies on traffic data from authorities of local governments and real-time feedback from users.