There are a lot of people in the world who ride motorcycles, especially in more crowded areas where cars don’t fit especially well. India is one of those places, and many users there are now noticing a ‘motorcycle mode’ showing up in their Maps alongside car, train, and walking options.
We’ve known something like this was coming for some time now, thanks to our teardowns. v9.61, v9.62, and v9.66 all contained strings relating to some sort of two-wheeler or motorcycle mode, and this seems to be the final culmination of that.
‘Motorcycle mode’ in Google Maps is popping up for many in India was written by the awesome team at Android Police.