How poisonous is the air in your city? See real-time AQI on Google Maps, get updates in seconds

Pollution has increased in many cities of India including Delhi. City residents are troubled by increasing pollution. Keeping all these things in mind, now google maps has launched a special real-time AQI tracker for its users. With the help of this feature, users will be able to track real-time AQI of their city. With the help of this new feature in Google Maps, users will be able to check the air quality of their city as well as plan their daily routine. This new update released in Google Maps updates the pollution data of more than 40 countries of the world every hour. India is also included in these countries.

Earlier, AQI data on navigation platform Google Maps used to appear after a while, but now users will be able to see live readings of the city’s AQI on Google Maps. Users can check the air quality of their city before going out, exercising or taking a walk. This new feature released by Google Maps will be very beneficial for those cities where pollution increases or decreases rapidly. (Photo courtesy – Pinterest)

Color-coded AQI scale

To help users better understand the air quality of their city, Google Maps has added a color-coded AQI scale to its platform. These stats, which update hourly, will be visible on both the app and desktop. The AQI scale ranges from 0 to 500. The lower the AQI of your city on this scale, the cleaner the air of your city.

• 0–50: good air (green)
• 51–100: satisfactory (yellow)
• 101–200: moderate to weak (orange)
• 201–300: bad (red)
• 301–400: Very poor (violet)
• 401–500: extremely dangerous (dead)

With the help of these colors visible on a scale on Google Maps, users can easily understand what the AQI is in their city and whether it is safe to go out in such conditions.

Follow these steps to view AQI on Google Maps

• Google has made this new feature very useful for the users. Users will be able to check the air quality by following some easy steps.
• First of all, install the latest version of Google Maps on your Android or iOS device.
• Now open the app and enter your city or place name in the search bar.
• Now tap on the layers icon (stacked square) on the right side.
• Select Air Quality from the available options.
• Tap on any colored location on Google Maps to see its AQI score.

This real-time AQI feature will help people take better care of their health, especially during winter and high pollution days.