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Google Maps is rolling out a new feature that makes sure you never walk the wrong way again.

It works using augmented reality (or AR) to overlay your exact directions onto the real world around you — using your smartphone camera. The game-changing system was first announced at last year’s Google I/O tech conference. But it’s only now that the feature is “rolling out” to select users as part of a trial.

The feature was first spotted in the wild by a writer at the The Wall Street Journal, who is part of the trial.

It solves a big problem with Google Maps: dodgy directions.

If signal is poor, Google Maps will often position you in the wrong place, or say you’re facing a completely different direction.

So when you launch navigation, it can often be difficult to get exactly where you’re supposed to be going.

However, this can be solved using AR technology — which you’ll already have experienced with Pokémon Go or Snapchat face filters.

Pressing “Start AR” will launch the camera on your phone, showing the view in front of you — but with a small maps section at the bottom.

You’ll then be instructed to wave your camera around, so Google’s AI systems can get an idea of where you are — based on nearby landmarks, like roads and buildings.

Google Maps knows roughly where you are using GPS, and then the images you’re capturing are compared to Google Street View data. This can tell Google exactly where you’re facing when other systems have failed.

Once that’s done, directions will overlay themselves on the camera viewfinder, showing you exactly where to walk.

This sounds hugely distracting if you were using this while driving, but Google recommends this feature for pedestrians only.

It might also increase the problem of pedestrians who have their eyes glued to their phone while they walk around.

Google does prompt users with an alert that reads “for your safety, keep your phone down while you walk” — but this will almost certainly be ignored.

The really bad news is that there’s no way of knowing exactly when you’ll get access to Google’s cool AR mapping feature.

The WSJ says Google will roll it out “soon” to Local Guides, a team of experienced volunteer reviewers and users who submit info to Google Maps.

But there’s no word on when the regular public will get access to this Google Maps feature.

This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission.