In total, about 1.25 billion people speak these languages, so this should open up quite a few new markets for Google Maps, which already has over a billion active users … Chances are, of course, that the app already has plenty of users in countries where they newly supported languages are spoken, but this will surely open up a large new market for Google Maps … Today’s news follows a range of recent Google Maps announcements in the last two months that range from support for wheelchair accessible routes in transit navigation to a Mario-themed driving mode and real-time commute info coming to iOS .