Google Maps for Android now includes weather information and an air quality overlay to help you plan your journeys and avoid pollution.
In Google Maps at the top left of the screen under the search bar and location filters, a tiny box has been added that provides the local weather forecast, temperature, and the daily air quality index. The box can be expanded to give more detailed weather information and hourly temperature forecasts for the next 12 hours. This information will also update if you change location, allowing you to check the local weather in other areas, thereby helping you plan a trip or just check the weather in other parts of the world.
Underneath this is the air quality rating which can be expanded to show a colour overlay over the map going from green to yellow, orange, red the purple along with a numerical rating from 1 - 10 to indicate air quality.
According to 9to5Google, the addition of weather information was added to version 11.113.XX of the Android app which requires Android 6 and up. However, iOS users will already be familiar with the weather information included in Google Maps as this feature has been a staple on the iOS version for years.
