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Naturally, the feature won’t work in every single tunnel you drive through.

The Beacons themselves are simple battery-powered controllers that use low-powered Bluetooth.

A Driver tapping on their phone screen while Google Maps is on screen

Got an Android phone?

How useful the feature will be for you obviously depends on where you live.

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An Android phone on an orange background showing the Bluetooth beacons option in the Google Maps app