In the service “Google Maps” (Google Maps), the ability for users to leave comments about locations and objects in Russia has been returned. This was noticed by RocketData experts at: Telegram-channel.
According to experts, from April 11, reviews and ratings of places are republished on company cards. The socialbites.ca correspondent made sure that it was possible to leave a review from the Russian Google account again.
This feature is unavailable in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine since March 2022. Then Google turned off the posting of new reviews. The company announced the measure so that users do not write false information that is not business-related.
During the year, reviews on Google Maps were not added, passed audit and were not seen by other users.
Google Maps service from end of February 2022 temporarily suspended On the territory of Ukraine, the work of two functions that transmit information in real time.
It was noted that the overlay of traffic information on the map was suspended. The Live Busy function, which displays operational information about the jobs and workloads of various companies, is also disabled.
Google in April 2022 declarationNot changing the settings in the Google Maps app for Russian military installations.