- A new Google Maps accessibility feature called Accessible Places will be available to users in Australia, Japan, UK, and the US.
- The feature will display a wheelchair icon on the map to indicate that a place supports wheelchair access.
- Google Maps listings will also offer information about accessible seating, restrooms, and parking, with users and business owners encouraged to update information for the places they visit or own.
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To celebrate the Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Google announced new accessibility features for its products, including a new Google Maps feature that all navigation maps out there should copy. That’s support for wheelchair accessible places that will help people better plan trips to new places by knowing in advance whether the location supports wheelchair access.
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