How to Use Google Maps Offline (+ a BETTER option) | Offline maps and navigation app

Here’s how to use Google maps offline without internet in 60 seconds PLUS a better alternative. Each offline maps and navigation app is slightly different, and some have big advantages over others.
Travel is 100x more convenient (and safe) if you know how to download Google maps offline on iPhone and Android (it’s basically the same):
You can navigate without roaming or hassling with a local data SIM card
You can navigate UNTIL you’re able to get your hands on a local SIM
You can navigate in places with no service - road trips, national parks, remote islands, etc
Google maps offline navigation is your best option in many cases, but it has its limitations.
So in addition to how to save Google maps offline in 2021, I ALSO cover an additional free maps app you can use when Google falls short.
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[@ProjectUntethered]

Got any quick travel tips you use on the road? Share them below!

[@ElmoRitter]

Thanks for showing how to do this!

[@popcorn7657]

Thank you as i didn’t know how to find my downloaded offline map. It worked well in my trip. 😊❤

[@metodyx7507]

Thanks, very helpful👍

[@sweetmeditations]

Great info, thank you!

[@michaelthompson1254]

can you help, i have google maps on my pixel phone, ive downloaded it onto my acer tablet windows 10, but when i put a travel route in it doesnt give me the option to start the journey.

[@ourfamily8009]

Thank you very much for the video! Easy and straight to the point 👍

[@ProjectUntethered]

You’re very welcome! 🤓

[@byravanviswanathan6460]

Nonsense.

[@gajdzior79]

Verry handy, thanks for that, good luck!

[@tracyau9122]

your youtube was the best, tried to follow a few others before i found yours, they were so confusing and not complete. thankyou

[@ProjectUntethered]

I’m so glad our video helped! Happy mapping! :-)

[@soundchannelworld]

Thank you very much. yes you are right its good to have more adventure, but I will travel with kids and every info is now important for me. Hope you will have big success with youtube.

[@spamsteveplease]

Good video, thanks. But please back up from the camera.

[@4rillymanilly]

😂😂😂😂

[@VikerRomaro]

Rude fellow

[@justindemano163]

Lmaooo😂😂

[@jwmmitch]

Hmmm... he was close, but I didn't feel he was too close

[@jacobbreitfeller3401]

Damn, don’t tell him how to make his video

[@hugoh.9694]

Clicked by accident but stayed and watched the entire video just for his eyes! ❤

[@likeakittie]

Please do always do this before going on your trip especially going hiking alone. You dont get to use it if you dont want to, but it will come in handy when you are lost in the woods. It can actually save your life.

[@ProjectUntethered]

Amen to this! It saved us on a hike in the desert once!

[@SealTf]

​@@ProjectUntetheredin the desert of course

[@timetotimegr]

Thanks for the video!

[@BRField]

A tip, get a good hiking/ back country app as a backup to his suggestions; they work (usually) anywhere and they show trails and roads.Just need a clear view of the sky. I hike/ski in the Colorado wilderness all year. Just BC skied 4 miles to a beautiful lake at 10,800'.

[@ProjectUntethered]

I’m a big fan of alltrails! :-)

[@grodt88]

your video helped me so much, thank you!

[@ProjectUntethered]

You’re very welcome!

[@MrHahajoe]

Google maps does not seem to allow for saving multiple addresses imported by phone xcel. You have to type destination one by one. It is useless for those who wants to plan for visiting multiple destinations

[@biblequestionswithchristop8971]

Thanks!

[@krollolucifer2420]

Thanks alot as someone who will try to navigate in the sea as a refugee facing the real death i hope this would help so thank u again ❤

[@ProjectUntethered]

Please be careful! I don’t think this will work on the sea!

[@edwardkeenan7354]

@@ProjectUntethered lol

[@donaldtrumpy5914]

Thanks for the video

[@alexandrac9536]

travel before the Internet because widely use (before 2000s) was so much better. Yes, using maps can be very confusing, but sometimes getting lost opens up new vistas and opportunities if you do not have an itinerary.

[@jtreedog409]

i have a portable hot spot can i use my chrome laptop for navigation?

[@Bubuleja]

How to download 2 or 3 countries from google maps? I need Servia, Macedonia and Greece, but i cant zoom out, just in 2 parts cant download, Serbia-Macedonia and Macedonia-Greece. Ehy is that? Do i need to exit on travel when come to Macedonia or it will be automaticly added next map offline?

[@ProjectUntethered]

You might just have to download multiple maps instead of trying to fit them all into one. I also recommend downloading the maps.me versions as well, just in case!

[@justformusic7200]

Use the ap "Here We Go" wery easy to use, it has the offline option and you can download every single map you want.

[@L4M858]

Thanks, will this also work if using a Chromebook?

[@lordkelvin4318]

G'day Mate, Thanks very much....... I'm going to the Kruger Park in South Africa in August - I was planning to take my Garmin Nuvi 3490 GPS for driving from Joburg to the Kruger but after watching your vid, it sounds like I can download maps of the area onto my iphone using Google maps & then navigate offline using my iphone. Does this make my Garmin redundant?

[@ProjectUntethered]

I’ve never been there, so I can’t speak from experience. But in theory it should work. I wonder if you can do a test run - download the map, then turn off your wifi and data, then try to find directions between destinations there. If you want to be double sure, I bet you’d find an answer in a South a Africa travel Facebook group!

[@Johnnyrocks34]

Anyone know which app is good to use if ur driving commercial vehicle and have to stay off parkways

[@pvangastel5889]

Excellent video, very helpful.

[@ProjectUntethered]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tapxshoot9389]

Thank u so mutch u help my life

[@ProjectUntethered]

You’re very welcome! ✈️

[@deanyaschempp]

You can add places to Google Maps. Google Guides do it all of the time. Become a Google Guide! They need you. :-) Thanks for your work.

[@alfredopampanga9356]

Maps Me doesn’t allow marking your spots unless you login

[@CebuShortRides]

we need wifi prior to going to a place right?

[@user-wn6no5nz1h]

thank you so much.. from thailand

[@kaane.936]

When I am offline and there is no line can I still use the app after I downloaded it?

[@ralone8314]

Wait so that means it's not necessary to download "offline maps" because as you say you could just pin point where you're going to while still on connection and then airplane mode your phone and the route on your google map is still on until you close the app ?

[@ProjectUntethered]

Yes that should work the last time I checked. But I always have the maps offline just in case - better safe than sorry 😎

[@fileminokilicho1292]

@2:31 Breath taking water... and even better with that girl inside... whew!! Nice.

[@visionquest414]

Hey :) I'm trying to use it offline. It works in my hometown. When I look up just random addresses within our country, it does not.. at the bottom it will say "can't connect" real quick.

[@ProjectUntethered]

Hmmm that’s interesting. Are you sure you’re typing in the address correctly? It worked for us traveling around the US in places without cell signal, but it definitely had limitations. Sometimes you have to monkey around with it a bit to get it to work, or you could also try putting in known landmarks nearby to see if that works

[@user-hp1ev2nj9j]

The problem is that it doesn’t work for other public transport ion like train or bus it just display car direction 😢I don’t know why

[@user-gv2th9rw8z]

Thanks bro

[@user-jq8dn5xy2t]

Can you download multiple cities and save them on the phone?

[@johnson554671]

Really like your brief and quick to the point video. Do you know of any way that I can use the offline maps while connected online, in order to preserve data and bandwidth on my mobile plan? Kind of like a setting that forces the map to use offline maps, even while connected online.

[@ProjectUntethered]

Ooo that would be a cool idea, but I'm not sure how to do it automatically. The only thing I can think of would be to just put it in airplane mode 🤔

[@johnson554671]

@@ProjectUntethered Yeah, thanks. I'll ask on a Google forum but don't see it in the settings. Maybe I can make a "suggestion" to google to add that feature.

[@likeasparrowinthewildernes8333]

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[@gol3893]

While this may limit some other features, if you go to settings, google maps, then wireless WiFi, you can prevent google maps from using WiFi or data entirely and force it to use offline mode. Hope this helps!

[@KC-ps3yh]

I want to be able to use downloaded maps without using my data but still want to be able to receive messages etc which requires data to be on. How do I use maps without using data but still have it switched on

[@lukebyron1193]

I'm assuming that you can use "car mode" while you're walking offline on the sidewalk right? Just so long as you're near a road..(and thanks for making the helpful video)

[@ProjectUntethered]

Yeah that should work! Although sometimes it might take you along a highway with no sidewalks 😬

[@AlisMarsaili1351]

I have spent 2 hours trying to get a map ahead of time to write down so I don’t have to keep my music off in order to listen to the bit! I will listen to this again. I’m frustrated because so far my google app will NOT give me directions ahead of time. I want to go on my trip relaxed listening to my music not always having to worry about the bot giving me directions. When I get the google map there is no option for a list of directions ahead of time. I want to drive from Longmont Co to Las Vegas. It’s a 12 hour drive! I don’t understand why I can’t find ANYTHING to give me directions ahead of time I just need the highways so when I do close ups of the highways I can’t see what the other streets are and it’s taking me FOREVER. Thank you I will listen again but it seems complicated and I don’t want to use up my data. This is just ridiculous!’n

[@somers2020]

Do you also get voice navigation when you download it and use it offline?

[@ProjectUntethered]

That’s a good question. I’m about 90% sure you do, but it’s been a while since I’ve had to use it offline. You could always just download a map, turn off your data, and see if it works just to make sure!

[@miar600]

Yeah! I subscribed just because of the most important info you gave, ditch the phone and maps if you want adventure! 😊 Some days we just need clear directions for that yes these things are perfect! Thanks 👍🏼

[@PabloSanchez-mo8ui]

Just a question. When i download a map, then click on it and i want to start a route, it doesnt load and says im offline. You know what i have to do?

[@ProjectUntethered]

Have you tried completely closing the app and then re-opening?

[@PabloSanchez-mo8ui]

@@ProjectUntethered yep, still doesn't work. But i just started the route with wifi and then Generations used it offline as you said so still thanks!

[@ProjectUntethered]

I’m glad the other method ended up working!

[@matyluciani]

Hi! Didn’t get the name of the second app ? 😢

[@riccardoc1711]

Thanks

[@KefirTView]

My question is: I don't want to pay a premium for a Garmin Satellite Map Device. I do a lot of dirtbike trail riding and I need a way to monitor the path I've traveled, to travel back on that same path. Can I purchase a cheap cell phone w/GPS and accomplish this using Offline Google Maps? - Thanks in advance.

[@ralph9987]

What about offline satelite maps?

[@apb1441]

HERE is another good option for offline maps, you can download states/entire countries

[@traveler582]

I've been using this app for years and love it, BUT just now trying to download another map it hit me with a charge to download more $28 a year, seems only 10 complimentary maps?? I thought it was free? That sucks!

[@steves7896]

If I download a map (in Google Maps) for use offline, does it still have the satellite imagery layer (with the same resolution detail as seen online)?

[@ArbitraryLifestyle]

You can only download the street map view unfortunately. I have no idea why you can't download satellite view, but it's annoying af. I'm not sure what happens when you download the street map and then switch to satellite view with no service, but I would bet it's just going to a blurry forrest.

[@tyukikiquinchi7367]

will this work if you're connected to apple carplay?

[@ProjectUntethered]

Not quite sure, I’ve never tried!

[@trangkev]

I like your video, is there offline for walking? I only see driving. Thanks

[@ProjectUntethered]

Walking usually works for me using Google Maps, but once in a while it gets a little glitchy, and you can’t see detailed info about the places usually. It for sure works with Maps.me though - it’s super popular with hikers 🥾

[@trangkev]

@@ProjectUntethered Thanks for your response. Are you sure even with airplane mode on, meaning no internet connection, WALKING mode is on? I know it works for driving.

[@ProjectUntethered]

Interesting…I just tested it out and walking mode isn’t working for me offline either right now. That’s strange!

[@ProjectUntethered]

Interesting…I just tested it out and walking mode isn’t working for me offline either right now. That’s strange!

[@rickjames5998]

Bro so close to the camera, he's invading my personal space.

[@greggk47]

When I'm in an offline map area and offline and tap the circle for location maps doesn't show me where I'm at. This is also true when I'm online. Updated Google maps but doesn't solve the problem. Solution?

[@ProjectUntethered]

Grrr..that is annoying. I'll do some testing and try to figure it out!

[@greggk47]

@@ProjectUntethered Would really appreciate solving this. I ride motorcycles in the National Forest and what looks clear on a road map is not so clear in the forest. A "t" could be a "y". I have not done a hard reset yet but failing your success that's my next step.

[@ProjectUntethered]

In the meantime, have you tried maps.me? We've found that it is often more accurate for offroad situations.

[@greggk47]

@@ProjectUntethered Downloaded it! Location on and off line works great. Drawbacks are learning new app and only saves 5 stops instead of 10. If you solve location not working on Google Maps would really like to know your solution. Thanks for getting back.

[@greggk47]

@@ProjectUntethered Any progress on Google Maps not showing location off line?

[@tonystorcke]

I use goigle maps offline for walking.

[@norinazaman1370]

On smart watch

[@ExplorerSouvik]

not working navigation

[@burningit281]

What a conclusion😂😂

[@ProjectUntethered]

😅😅😅😅

[@Secretloveletter]

I need maps cuz idk my home adress still i just moved here like......

[@lemoinexavier]

I'm not gay, but you have nice eyes 🙂 Thx for this vid!

[@Horus2468]

I'm not diabetic but I really love candybars. 😂

[@tobijug]

Rowt ? I think you mean route, as in route 66, and it is inTernet, not innirnet

[@jedclampett6466]

No mention of unwanted tracking

[@tonystorcke]

I have yet to see a video that not only shows you how to download an offline map but also how to use it with the phone in offline mode. I was hoping this video was going to be it. It wasn't.

[@milkyway808]

Good 😅

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

I wish to use a small map for walking in a cruise port in another country where I have no internet. I can set up a rout on the ship on Wi-Fi, walk there and can't even use it to navigate back. At the very least let me set up a route and save it for future use. It's just stupid. Don't tell me to take a screen shot. That's stupid too.

[@zikk22]

Thank you but can u back up a bit

[@Bill0102]

This is an amazing exploration. A book with related content was a pivot point in my personal growth. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

[@kristycox1]

😎 🆒️

[@Larry21924]

Such high-quality content! I recently enjoyed a similar book, and it was a real game-changer. "The Art of Meaningful Relationships in the 21st Century" by Leo Flint

[@georgie740]

gosh what camera do you use dude

[@ProjectUntethered]

iphone homie!

[@georgie740]

@@ProjectUntethered 14 pro?

[@ProjectUntethered]

The new videos are with 14 pro but the old ones were with the 11 basic version

[@albertoleitao94]

When I download map on google Maps, I cant use on foot. Only for car. Also, map os blured

[@relaxingnature2617]

Face too close to camera

[@seamusblack5876]

You don't explain things enough

[@seamusblack5876]

1:43 ?????

[@user-ft9uq8my7c]

Talked too much in the beginning

[@ProjectUntethered]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@tomdaoust]

Your explanation is given much too fast. I am rewinding 3 4 and 5x. This get each step. You're not saving time by talking fast.

[@ProjectUntethered]

Thank you for the feedback, I’ll try to speak slower in the future!

[@user-gv2th9rw8z]

Thanks bro

[@user-gv2th9rw8z]

Thanks