We use it to find read reviews of nearby restaurants, find pins on a pre-planned route, browse custom maps, and maybe even the best closest emergency bathroom. When it comes to travel, map apps are an indispensable part of our toolkit that sits loaded on our smartphone. For more details, read the disclosure page. Tap your Google Account profile picture to see settings, Location Sharing, Timeline, and more.This article may contain affiliate links where we make a small commission for purchases you make from links that you click from this article. This birthday update includes a simplified home screen that makes it easier to find your favorite features, including your saved places, reviews, and lists. Google Maps turns 15 years old! See the new Google Maps icon, which celebrates the app's evolution from helping you get to places to also helping you discover the world. Indoor maps to quickly find your way inside big places like airports, malls and stadiums.Street View and indoor imagery for restaurants, shops, museums and more.Offline maps to search and navigate without an internet connection.Follow must-try places recommended by local experts, Google, and publishers.

Create lists of your favorite places and share with friends.Share a shortlist of options and vote in real-time Decide more confidently with 'Your match,' a number on how likely you are to like a place.Know what's trending and new places that are opening in the areas you care about.Discover local restaurant, events, and activities that matter to you.Save time with automatic rerouting based on live traffic, incidents, and road closures.Catch your bus, train, or ride-share with real-time transit info.Beat traffic with real-time ETAs and traffic conditions.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. Over 220 countries and territories mapped and hundreds of millions of businesses and places on the map.

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