News India Live, Digital Desk: What does Google Maps mean for most of us? A tool that saves us from traffic jams, prevents us from wandering on unknown paths and tells us how far away our destination is. But now the time has come that we change our way of looking at this app. Google Maps has now started taking care not only of our journey but also of our ‘breaths’. This is not an imagination, but the reality of the new air quality feature which Google has now made real-time. Think about these everyday decisions… Till now we used to take many decisions of our day just by guess, especially to our health. But now this will change. Children’s play time: As soon as the evening comes, children insist on going to the park. But there is smog outside. Now you can give them a solid reason for refusing, or look at the map and choose a time when the pollution level is comparatively lower. Lunch break plan: While working in the office, you thought of going out and walking to a nearby café. But one look at the map reveals that the air outside your office is in the ‘very poor’ category. Perhaps today eating office canteen food is better for your health. Care for the elderly: If there are elders in your house or someone who has breathing problems (asthma), then this feature is no less than a boon for them. You’ll definitely look at maps once, if not a hundred times, before taking them out. It’s not just a feature, it’s a habit-changing tool. This new update to Google Maps isn’t just a technological enhancement. It has the ability to change the way we think. Till now pollution was an invisible enemy for us, about which we used to read only in the news. Now we will see this enemy clearly on the screen of our phone. This will teach us that our health depends not only on what we eat and drink, but also on the air we are breathing. This will help us take small, but wise decisions. This is the right use of technology, which makes our life not only easier but also safe and healthy. Next time you open Google Maps, ask not only about the route but also about your health.