{"id":161732,"date":"2016-04-14T15:05:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=161732"},"modified":"2016-04-14T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:06:48","slug":"google-maps-now-warns-drivers-about-traffic-jams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/161732-google-maps-now-warns-drivers-about-traffic-jams.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps now warns drivers about traffic jams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps now warns motorists about traffic jams and travel delays, including spoken alerts about upcoming congestion and\u00a0traffic conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Google South Africa said the new traffic alerts will give\u00a0users a spoken alert about\u00a0upcoming traffic conditions when they enter their destination.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While you\u2019re on the road, Google Maps will give you a heads up if congestion lies ahead, and how long you\u2019ll be stuck in a jam,&#8221; said Google.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You\u2019ll also get the option to take alternative routes, including explanations for why one is recommended &#8211; whether it\u2019s the fastest or just avoids traffic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Google<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/160474-5-awesome-google-features-you-arent-using.html\">5 awesome Google features you aren\u2019t using<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/161356-google-to-train-1-million-africans.html\">Google to train 1 million Africans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps now warns motorists about traffic jams and travel delays, including spoken alerts about upcoming congestion and traffic conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":161734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[36,167,2272],"class_list":["post-161732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-active","tag-google","tag-google-maps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161732"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161738,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161732\/revisions\/161738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}