India, July 25 -- Google Maps is planning to remove one of its features in the coming months. The company announced that it will disable the ability to follow other users within the app. This means users will no longer be able to follow others or be followed themselves. The change is expected to take place by September and will happen automatically without requiring any action from users.

According to a community support post by Google, this update will not affect how visible profiles are on Google Maps. Users will not have to manage follower requests, since the follower system will no longer exist. Google also stated that it will erase all data connected to followers and followings once the feature is removed.

While the follow feature ...