Google Maps

Real-time GPS navigation & local suggestions for food, events, & activities

Google Maps - GPS Navigation & Local Discovery

"Google Maps" is a comprehensive GPS navigation app that helps users explore over 220 countries with real-time updates on traffic, transit, and local hotspots for dining and entertainment. It enables offline navigation, street view, and offers personalized recommendations based on user preferences, making it easier to discover new places and plan outings with friends.

App stats

Version: VARY (Last updated: 2024-12-03)
Permissions
Identity: find accounts on the device, add or remove accounts
Contacts: find accounts on the device, read your contacts
Location: approximate location (network-based), precise location (GPS and network-based)
SMS: send SMS messages
Phone: directly call phone numbers
Photos/Media/Files: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Storage: read the contents of your USB storage, modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera: take pictures and videos
Microphone: record audio
Wi-Fi connection information: view Wi-Fi connections
Other:
  • download files without notification
  • receive data from Internet
  • mock location sources for testing
  • view network connections
  • pair with Bluetooth devices
  • access Bluetooth settings
  • send sticky broadcast
  • change network connectivity
  • connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
  • disable your screen lock
  • measure app storage space
  • full network access
  • control Near Field Communication
  • read sync settings
  • run at startup
  • use accounts on the device
  • control vibration
  • prevent device from sleeping
  • toggle sync on and off
  • install shortcuts
  • read Google service configuration

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App summary

Navigate your world faster and easier with Google Maps. Over 220 countries and territories mapped and hundreds of millions of businesses and places on the map. Get real-time GPS navigation, traffic, and transit info, and explore local neighborhoods by knowing where to eat, drink and go - no matter what part of the world you’re in.

Get there faster with real-time updates
• Beat traffic with real-time ETAs and traffic conditions
• Catch your bus, train, or ride-share with real-time transit info
• Save time with automatic rerouting based on live traffic, incidents, and road closures

Discover places and explore like a local
• Discover local restaurant, events, and activities that matter to you
• Know what’s trending and new places that are opening in the areas you care about
• Decide more confidently with “Your match,” a number on how likely you are to like a place
• Group planning made easy. Share a shortlist of options and vote in real-time
• Create lists of your favorite places and share with friends
• Follow must-try places recommended by local experts, Google, and publishers
• Review places you’ve visited. Add photos, missing roads and places.

More experiences on Google Maps
• Offline maps to search and navigate without an internet connection
• Street View and indoor imagery for restaurants, shops, museums and more
• Indoor maps to quickly find your way inside big places like airports, malls and stadiums

* Some features not available in all countries

* Also available for Wear OS. Add a Tile on your Wear OS watch to quickly access home and work.

* Navigation isn't intended to be used by oversized or emergency vehicles

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Google Play Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Provides navigation and directions even over long distances
  • Offers ability to report and receive alerts regarding traffic conditions and speed traps
  • Has been a reliable tool for many users for years
Cons
  • Frequent incorrect or delayed directions and route changes
  • Overwhelming ads and pop-ups causing distractions while driving
  • Inability to control media playback effectively within the app
  • Issues with app stability and functionality after updates, including loss of voice directions
Most mentioned
  • Problems with ad overload and intrusive pop-ups
  • Frequent incorrect directions and rerouting
  • Frustration with app updates negatively impacting user experience
  • Distracting alerts that interrupt navigation
User reviews
It is really frustrating that the directions will tell you to stay on a road (like not exiting or turning). This has caused many missed exits because it will tell you to stay on the road right before an exit giving you no time to get over when on the highway. If I'm using maps, I need to know where to turn, not where to not turn. Editing to add the fact that the app will automatically change your route. I don't stare at my phone while driving so I don't always see the option to decline it.
by Ashley Bustos, 2024-11-27

Used to be useful, now infuriating with all of the ads Update: Ad experience is even worse today than when I left the original review. Now I have three ads covering most of the screen when I open the app. One of them is particularly offensive and I really hate seeing it every time. Please add in your comment if you have a good alternative to Google Maps 🙏
by Steph (Steph), 2024-11-27

While this app can be great when traveling. It has a habit of sending you incredibly far out of your way without allowing you to change the route in the app unless you start going the alternate way anyway. For example taking me 34 miles, 46 minutes in a huge circle to get to my destination that is only 6.6 miles away going to other way. right down the road! It wants me to go through 2 other towns and back again instead of directly to it!!! What a stupid, usless app. So disappointed in this map.
by Cherri, 2024-11-26
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