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Hate Driving in Cairo? Google Traffic Has Finally Launched in Egypt

November 20, 2015

Google Maps’ features in Egypt continue to expand, with Google Traffic finally launching in the country eight years afters its initial launch. The feature provides a colour-coded way on Google Maps of knowing whether a certain road is congested or not. google maps now in egypt have live traffic pic.twitter.com/mfnYppaX3L — ‍‍♑ (@Som3aNada) November 20, 2015 Green colors indicate there are no traffic delays, orange indicates medium congestion, while red warns road users of slow traffic and delays.   Google Traffic is finally working in Egypt. This screenshot is from 1AM, I assume there is often more red pic.twitter.com/maC3SGEGEK — David Degner (@degner) November 19, 2015 The latest update also provides users with an estimated time of arrival, as well as alternate routes that may take less time. On Twitter, a number of local users posted screenshots of the application, celebrating the feature’s arrival to Egypt. Others, however, warned that Google Traffic may impact local services, such as the widely-used Bey2ollak. Google maps just launched traffic updates in Egypt, @Bey2ollak and other competitors must pivot now, or find an advantage over @googlemaps. — Mustafa (@_camara_) November 19, 2015 @Bey2ollak still…


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