Google Maps

A necessary part of any road trip is the all-important gas stop. Sometimes, it’s hard to know when your next chance to fill up will be. You can easily add gas stations to your travel plans with Google Maps. This is a great trick to know because you don’t need to exit browsing to do…

Google Maps can give you peace of mind when it comes to your loved ones. Whether it’s a school-age child or an elderly family member, you can use Google Maps to find the locations of your family or friends. Keep up with your kids by seeing when they arrive home or check out a close…

When it comes to getting directions, accuracy is everything. So when your GPS is having a hard time identifying your location, things can get frustrating, fast. If you use Google Maps, there are ways to improve accuracy: calibrate the compass to point in the correct direction, for example, or turn on high accuracy mode on…

There are a couple of things to consider when choosing a navigation route: which one will be the fastest? What is the fewest number of miles? Google Maps can also show you which route will save the most gas. Google Maps takes into account factors such as road incline and traffic congestion to figure out…

For many of us, Google Maps has become an essential tool for getting around the city. Google Maps keeps track of every place you navigate, and the app makes it easy to view your location history, complete with the exact routes you took to get there. If you have privacy concerns, you can delete the…

Google Maps has made it so easy to navigate that it has become an indispensable tool for getting around the city. Finding almost any address is as easy as typing them into the search box, but there are times when it doesn’t work. If the location you’re trying to go to doesn’t have an address…

If you’re a little tired of the Google Maps voice and want to change things up, or if you need to hear directions in another language, you’re in luck – it’s easy to change the Google Maps voice on your iPhone or Android. For example, you can choose to have an English accent (like in…