How to download maps to use Google Maps offline

  • Downloading maps from Google Maps allows you to navigate without an Internet connection.
  • GPS works offline, providing pre-downloaded routes.
  • It is important to consider device space when downloading regions.
  • There is no access to public transportation or offline traffic information.
Emmanuel Jiménez

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If you are going to travel abroad, you are going to go to a place where you will not have a connection, or you simply do not know if you are going to run out of data during a trip, a great option is to download the maps to use Google Maps offline .

How to use Google Maps offline

Have maps downloaded in Google Maps To be able to use them offline is something really useful in case we can remain without an Internet connection wherever we go, because even without the connection, the application will be able to guide us, thanks to the fact that no need to have an internet connection so that the GPS can work. Even without GPS, we will have the routes that we have to follow to get to where we are going.

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How can we use Google Maps offline? For this, in reality, it is necessary to have downloaded the maps before, because having the maps downloaded we can directly use them even if we do not have an Internet connection, since the application will use the downloaded data to guide us when we have no connection.

For this, we just have to perform a search on Google Maps with the region that we want to download. If it is a city, we will only have to write the city. If it is a country, the name of the country. Of course, the maps of an entire country will take up much more space. We can also look for a precise route. Be that as it may, once we carry out the search, several options will appear, and we only have to select the one we are looking for. Once selected, will appear on the map, and it will also appear a menu with options, among which we can Save, or Download, which will be the option we have to select.

Depending on the selected region, it will occupy more or less space in the memory of our smartphone. It is something to take into account when downloading the maps, as it will depend on whether we want to always have the region downloaded, or only for a specific trip.

With offline maps, you will be able to receive directions by voice, and use the route navigator, although there will be no way to use public transport, to have traffic directions or how to avoid tolls.