Google Maps allows you to share lists and organize joint plans with other users

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Google Maps is one of the most useful apps for finding out how to get to different places. It guides us step by step and shows us the route to get to the destination we want. However, the company did not have the option to plan the plans , something that is now changing.

According to thenextweb, the company has finally decided to introduce a “to do” list that allows you to save certain routes or itineraries, and even share them with friends. For this reason, there are some pre-established lists , such as “Favorites” or “Want to go” . Google Maps allows you to add more and more routes and plans of your own , which can then be viewed in the “Places” section , which is located on one side of the application.

One of its most striking features is that the places that the user saves appear on a map and can be shared so that friends can see them with the option, in addition to following the rest of oman phone data the users and their respective plans. Therefore, this new feature will contribute to improving the brand and will benefit users , who will find their lives easier, since they will be able to organize joint plans without the slightest problem by allowing functions to share lists with the rest of the users.

The music streaming leader wants to go beyond music. Sources close to Spotify indicate that the Swedish multinational has begun a round of negotiations with podcast producers with the aim of promoting this format on its platform.

According to Digiday , the platform held talks with companies such as Gimlet, How Stuff Works and Pineapple Street Media. The aim of these talks was none other than to promote podcast listening on what is today the music streaming app par excellence, closely followed by Apple Music .

Podcast content is currently not well positioned on Spotify. It took half a year after its launch in 2015 for it to truly be introduced into the app. And even the desktop version of Spotify lacks them.

Furthermore, according to podcast content producers, listening on Spotify accounts for just 5% of their total distribution. Listening to this format predominantly takes place on iTunes , at least on the other side of the pond.

But the current situation has not discouraged the streaming giant. It remains committed to broadcasting podcasts, always following a musical content storyline . This is what it did in 2016 when it surprised by investing in short audiovisual productions related to music and starring stars such as Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Jay-Z or Kanye West.

Spotify's quest to diversify is undoubtedly aimed at increasing advertising on the platform, and therefore revenue. However, experts estimate that it will still take a long time for podcasts to become "mainstream."

Tom Webster , vp of Edison Research argues that “listening share has barely changed over all these years of study.” Listening ratios in the United States remain at 80% for music content and 20% for speech. In Webster’s eyes, “the best-case scenario is that people simply spend more time on Spotify.”