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- Google Maps users will no longer be able to follow other users or have profile followers come September.
- All data related to your followers and who you follow will be deleted.
- You’ll still be able to connect with contributors through Local Guides Connect.
Google Maps is chock-full of features, almost to the point of feature overload. However, in the next few months, there will be one less feature for you to worry about. The tech giant is pulling the plug on the app’s follow feature.
In a community support post, Google announced that you will no longer be able to follow other users on Google Maps. Likewise, other users won’t be able to follow you either, meaning you’ll be losing your profile followers. The ability to follow contributors in the app is scheduled to be phased out by September. You won’t have to do anything as this update will happen automatically.