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- Google Maps users will no longer be able to follow other users or will not be a profile followers in September.
- All data related to your followers and who you follow will be deleted.
- You will still be able to contact partners through local guides connects.
Google maps are full of features, which is close to the feature overload. However, in the next few months, you will have a low feature of worrying. The Tech Dev app is pulling a plug on the feature feature.
In the Community Support Post, Google announced that you will no longer be able to follow other users on Google Maps. Similarly, other users will not be able to follow you, meaning you will be losing your profile followers. The ability to follow partners in the app is phased until September. You will not need to do anything because it will be updated automatically.
Google notes that this change will not affect your profile exposure. You will not even have to worry about accepting or rejecting followers on your limited profile as no followers move forward. In addition, Google says it is clearing a data related to your followers and who you follow after removing this feature.
Although the ability to follow it will be lost soon, you will still be able to connect with others through local guides connects. The company has also mentioned that you will still be able to create lists lists to find new places and opportunities to find out.
This news comes in just a month to tear the Google Maps app. The tearway revealed that Google intended to close the app feature of the app.
