- Google Maps completely changed the way people travel locally and away from home, and it’s still one of the most popular applications in the world to this day.
- The app is still just as easy to use now as it was in the early days, but a ton of new functionality has been added throughout the years to further enhance the experience.
- Many people just use the app for basic navigation and to search for nearby points of interest, but the app is also hiding so many great features that people should be taking advantage of.
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The Google Maps app is one of a small handful of apps that practically everyone uses regularly. But it’s also an app that hides so many great features that you might never come across unless someone points them out to you. That certainly makes sense though, since it’s an app that most people don’t spend a lot of time exploring. Instead, people just search for a destination, navigate to said destination, and then close the app once they arrive. If you do spend some time poking around in Google Maps, you’ll find that it’s a terrific app for so much more than just navigating on foot or by car. There’s so much awesome functionality hiding in Google Maps, with features that can potentially make your life so much easier. Of course, these great features will only make your life easier if you know they exist in the first place, so that’s why we try to share new features as they’re added to Google Maps, as well as some existing features that you might not know about.
Earlier this week, we told you about a fantastic new Google Maps feature that just got even better. It’s the Live View augmented reality feature that overlays your surroundings with important info and even turn-by-turn walking directions. It’s fantastic and you definitely need to check it out once it rolls out to your device, if it hasn’t already. That nifty AR feature is available to both Android and iPhone users, but today we’re going to focus on five great hidden Google Maps features that are available on the iPhone, and you won’t find them anywhere in Waze, which is Google’s other popular mapping app that people often use instead of Google Maps.
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5 hidden Google Maps features you won’t find in Waze originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 08:53:07 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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