{"id":88684,"date":"2024-07-05T22:58:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T22:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/ola-exits-google-maps-moves-to-its-in-house-ola-maps-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T22:58:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T22:58:04","slug":"ola-exits-google-maps-moves-to-its-in-house-ola-maps-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/05\/ola-exits-google-maps-moves-to-its-in-house-ola-maps-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Ola exits Google Maps, moves to its in-house Ola Maps &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-111524606,imgsize-57320.cms?fit=1280,720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ola exits Google Maps, moves to its in-house Ola Maps &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Ola exits Google Maps, moves to its in-house Ola Maps &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div>\n<div>BENGALURU: <!-- -->Ola founder<!-- --> and <!-- -->CEO Bhavish Aggarwal<!-- --> announced on Friday that the <!-- -->ride-hailing platform<!-- --> has discontinued its app&#8217;s integration with <!-- -->Google Maps<!-- --> and replaced it with in-house <!-- -->Ola Maps<!-- -->. 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