Top 20 Google Maps Tips & Tricks: All the best features you should know!

[@Spielerandom]

Omg! The parking spot save location is so cool! Why did I not knew this before 🤩🤩 Really good tutorial👏🏻

[@thomasdowen9959]

You talk about marking where your vehicle is parked at understood… however, you do not touch base on what you do or how you get back to the vehicle… ?or if the marked parking spot removes itself or you have to remove it once you get back to your vehicle. Or if you can use this feature in a parking garage, more information is needed for people that are not familiar with this feature. Thank you, Thomas.

[@ojtamayosr]

I would love to see a Google Earth Pro Tips and Tricks video on trail map making for off roading and how to incorporate several trails and placemarks in one map.

[@KisanduJ]

Thanks for the video 🤟💝🙂💖

[@aminbeats3942]

Thanks a lot It helped me🌹

[@issievdhorst]

That zooming is only for cell phones, not computers. I LOVE google maps! On it so often! Thanks for the tips.

[@shaunritaeastell1017]

very informative cheers Rita, New Zealand

[@cca749]

Great video mate!!!

[@supojpongwachararak3437]

Hi Kevin. Thanks for your great tips. Anyway, if I want to go to different places with the shortest route, can Google Maps help me?

[@ericgofreed1651]

Thank you

[@ricknocella6753]

BTW great video.

[@elenmalone9333]

Hi Kevin, I was looking for #16 tip and how it works on iPhone or iPad. There is now a mouse and my finger doesn’t do the trick. How to change the route on these devices? Google offers only its ways, but I have my own thru the boonies and want the maps show me the details instead of trying to make me go back to the interstate

[@nashbr549]

Hello is there a way to use google maps like a Garmin GPS. . When you don’t put in a destination just use it to see what roads you are on Usually a Garmin will have the road you are on at the top. Something like that. Thanks for any help.

[@darylcheshire1618]

I’m a rail enthusiast and note railway lines are light grey and hard to see, I know I can change the color using an advanced mode but haven’t figured it out yet. When I google it Google wants me to look at their cloud platform but that’s not what I’m looking for.

[@emmanuelowusufrempong5186]

how do you instantly change a location you have added on the mqp ???

[@rudi-gruber]

Thanks a lot. I think Google Maps is the best product of Google. I use it on a daily base.

[@enriqueportillo7623]

A recommendation to other similar content, you could separate all the first part to things on the phone app and the second section to be on things on the desktop app or website

[@shel-f7c]

Yes, this wasn't as helpful for me using a macbook pro. :/

[@SirGregory]

I thought I knew Google Maps quite well, but turns out I didn't. My favourites are: 1. Restoring changes to route 8:55 2. Checking typical traffic on different days/times 9:40 Thanks Kevin.

[@robertsprigge5535]

Restoring changes to route 8:55 - Thanks for pointing this out Sir Gregory. It's always frustrated me!

[@SirGregory]

@@robertsprigge5535 Yep, me too.

[@TimTheMusicMan]

Hi, 1:25, where is location history and location tracking ? and where is the hamburger menu ? iPhone 13. Thanks.

[@kathyzidar4940]

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[@appy_mnm]

Wish we could do it on phone too

[@erichalim]

you can also know the altitude like mountain by selecting terrain layer. and i hope google also integrates weather into google map.

[@japants8566]

Thanks for the great tips. During my stay abroad, I always carried Google Maps with me. Whenever I left my hotel and needed to move from place to place, this map was indispensable. It gave me directions on which train to take, which platform to wait on, and what time to leave. Without it, I would have stayed in one place day in and day out. If you want to travel the way you want, learn how to use this divine app.

[@SmithRA54]

Hi Kevin. Is there a way to change to marker used for saved places? i use several lists to mark the National Park Sites that I want to visit or those I've already visited. Google has always placed a blue marker and I would like to use different colors or markers. Thanks

[@FirozKhan-cl1cr]

No clarity when it comes to taking flyover and you end up being lost.

[@atufaashraf3371]

Assalamualaikum

[@lauracasillas]

Turn phone off and back on again

[@manmohan_sahu]

It will only instruct to go straight 😅

[@PreetSaroyeOfficial]

Agree with you

[@coolshah12345]

Many times i have been lost at flyover due to google map

[@H.pylori]

Thanks you for this very useful video for the average person. After viewing it three times, I have come to the conclusion that I was only using 5% of the benefits of google maps.

[@ChefGuruJeff]

The one major feature Google maps is still missing. Google maps is missing an hourly time segment for planning trips Example I want to drive from Florida to ME It’s a 29 Hour Dr., but I want to segment it into eight hour drives along the route per day, where’s the option?

[@leonb2637]

A trick as to using Google Maps is to check out a neighborhood you are going to like for a motel. Before you book or even go into an area, you can see if it has by its noisy, high traffic businesses and other signs if someplace you don't want to go to.

[@CryptoOption-ez7pz]

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[@watermeIoncatcommenter]

"I would never park in Oklahoma City" Him: *sets parking location in Oklahoma City*

[@jheldal]

Obviously there are different versions. I wanted til use the function that automatically saves my parking spot, but that doesn't exist in my version. Also, several functions are very well developed in the US, but I sometimes look at cities where I can use Street View in only 1 or 2 streets in the whole city. In the US it seems like every small alley is mapped. That's not the case in the reste of the world.

[@bgan4826]

Great tips, Kevin. Another tip is that you can set to night mode even in the daytime. It may make the maps easier to read with slightly better contrast between roads and background.

[@bc-guy852]

I have all my apps (even on my PC) set to 'dark mode' all the time. I agree that it helps make things more readable in all light conditions.

[@jettdad4507]

The 'public transit' option is beyond fantastic in Tokyo. It even tells you which car to get on for the fastest exit.

[@NickAlbu]

Hi Kevin, I see how to change a route by clicking and dragging the blue line and I've done that often on the computer. What I cannot do is send that modified route to the phone. I can send the route to the phone but I only get the start and end points, and the phone calculates its own route again, not the modified one. Also it is difficult to change the route on the phone.

[@nsuryakiran]

informative video. though the options are available from long time, most of the users dont know about these. by the way what were you doing in Hyderabad !!

[@DILPREET1910]

Yo Kevin I have noticed a great improvement in your content in the last few weeks. I am not saying that your previous content was bad, but now it has improved drastically. Even the tutorial that I know are not going to be useful for me or I already know those things, I still watch them because of your quality content. Please keep up this good work. I know you haven't getting more views lately as you were getting in the previous videos. But I personally enjoy them. Just keep up the hard work some day your views will definitely boost up. I also know that you have given your self a due dat of somewhere around july of 2022, for deciding whether to continue youtube or go back to your normal job. But what ever decision you take. Even if you decided to go back to your normal job, just don't stop posting videos ❤

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[@madmax1412]

The "Parking" option for setting "save parking location" isn't available in my app. All apps on my phone have been updated. ☹️ Also, can you please mute your audio when you say "Ok Google" as it triggers Google Homes and I have to pause the video to tell mine to stop.

[@joaott1974]

Amazing that they know all the places you have been. 🤣Dont want that for me. People dont really realize what information they are gathering from them. This is a complete invasion of privacy

[@KeynanAli2023Nan]

That's no the point

[@jamc666]

#21 ... once you've setup a trip with google maps, you can share the trip progress with other people by sending them a link. They will be able to pinpoint your location and by extension know your arrival time in real-time. very useful video, btw.👍

[@ramnik.khanna]

@Kevin, thanks for the nice tips! Just a suggestion that you beep "Ok Google" wherever you say the magic phrase in your videos, so that it doesn't trigger the Google Assistant of the viewers, like it did for me!

[@derekcanmexit]

Very informative video - thanks for this! 😀 Perhaps, you may consider doing a comparison with other similar navigation platforms, such as WAZE. Here, in Panama, WAZE used a lot.

[@portraitonetelo1897]

Nice tutorial. Is there a way to check the wind speed on Google Maps in particular, on a phone? Or perhaps, replace the AQI index with wind speed? Tks.

[@williammahaffy4642]

Excellent review. I knew a lot of it but a useful refresher. PLUS... I totally couldn't figure out how to make offline maps work and this was FANTASTIC!! I have a huge adventure trip coming up with multiple days of no cell connection. This will be an enormous help and augment my paper charts (maps). Well done!!

[@excelwithmark]

This si so useful for parking the car im forever forgetting shame it doesnt show you the level and area its parked too :/

[@YoucefYoucef-ft9ce]

Kevin the best as usual like before watching tha k you sir Respect.

[@TR-wm3sg]

I'm bummed because I don't have the 'set reminder to leave on time' option. I scroll down to the photo at the bottom of the directions but there's nothing below it. It stops at the photo. :(

[@danmarkiewicz3697]

@Kevin Stratvert can you confirm that it works only for Apple products? I can't get it to work on my Android phone or on a Windows 10 PC.

[@age_of_reason]

6:45 right click to Measure Distance 8:35 not available on all Android phones Many of these features only work on desktop

[@loftsatsympaticodotc]

Nice presentation, but HOW do I see an angular aerial view, or birdseye, like Bing used to feature? Once could zoom around from all angles and see a bulding AND its walls from all around. Very lifelike. Did Bing stop this? I tried their "birdseye" on Palo Alto airport. Straight down only now.

[@boomshine87]

The time travel one is really cool. The one where you can view previous routes taken is scary - phons are literally tracking everything we say and do.

[@streamlinemoderne]

Hi Kevin. Thanks for this handy list. I enjoy creating custom maps but I've never been able to figure out how to look at the map of attractions I want to visit while seeing where I am located at the moment. I guess what I am wondering is how to overlay my Saved Map where I've added points of interest over top a "live" map that shows the ever-helpful blue dot. Having to toggle back and forth eats time and gets confusing. Thanks for any help!

[@MrHavita]

Hello, UFO under Area 51 is funny. Near Lochness lake in England is...... Try it. 😀🦎

[@donembuldeniya6655]

Thanks Kevin. These are neat tricks. How do you activate the flash beam in Google maps. I can no longer get it on iOS 16.2.

[@aburr518]

That is unequivocally not the right area of the Michigan State football stadium lol. Let's just do some quick math, a football field is 100 yd long and it's not 100 yd wide.... So that's clearly less than 1,000 yards lmfao not even close to 6,000 meters at all you silly goose

[@Blakie-Briana]

Thanks!I never knew that there are lots of features like this in google map

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[@slix69lj]

Kevin, you have been doing a fine job with your videos and the calm, informative way of presenting them. They are useful for me as a self-taught senior without any formal instruction other than a class or two over the last 8-10 years. Your beginners tutorial for Excel was very helpful and easy to follow as well and was, by far, the quickest way I've ever comprehended the instructions. Thank you and I hope you stick around.

[@bluetuber501]

Love this video. I'm wondering if you have a similar video for (Google maps navigation) on mobile (android) devices?

[@lemongavine]

For electric vehicle drivers, there are some options under “settings”. You can select “electric” as engine type and if you also select “choose fuel efficient routes” it’ll route you the best way to get the most range. You can also configure the type of chargers you want the map to display.

[@philiptownsend4026]

That was a tremendous presentation Kevin. I have only used Maps in the last month or so and am very much a beginner with it but I am very impressed when comparing it with paid for navigators a few years ago - it trounced them, is free and integrates so well with search, even when using offline maps and having no internet connection. I shall try some of your tips.

[@davidlybarger74]

On my desktop, when I'm looking at a location, and I want to see what's "nearby" It shows by default, "restaurants" "hotels" & "bars and pubs". Is there a way to edit that to look for banks or grocery store or gas stations?

[@simonrowlands297]

Hi Kevin. Really enjoyed the video. I use Google maps to find the best public transport options both at home and abroad. I recently returned from Rome, Italy and Maps shows the best Metro/Bus combinations together with times and routes with options. Invaluable, especially as it is otherwise almost impossible to get bus maps either online or in paper form.

[@quidproquo4510]

Hi Kevin?, Pls can I also measure distance and area on my PHONE using Google earth?

[@wax99]

Haha, love how you suddenly went dark at 6:25

[@farhanaaktar1484]

Hi, would you please guide me how can I easily add photo yaken from mobile wiyh tag location togeyher 5 to 10?

[@thejerseyj5479]

Very interesting and informative, I use street view when planning a motorcycle trip. I can look on a map and find what looks to be a great route only to be disappointed to see that it is not the quiet country highway I thought it was. However with street view I can see what it really looks like and choose. My riding buddies always let me pick road trip routes because I've been a map freak all my life, even as a kid I would look at maps and "travel". Now with Google Maps I am "The Man" !!! PS, I hope none of my buddies see this video or my secret is shattered 😉 Thank you Master, a thousand times.

[@yahyeet2806]

Can u show me how to fix this problem :unable to display the schedule for the departure it comes up for a annoying reason and that’s why I don’t like errors like this

[@Jay-bp9lr]

Good video. Bless

[@rchiiibob]

Hello. I'd like to have "+ -" zoom buttons available for use, on all Google maps. That way, I can pick a spot, and press plus to zoom out in increments, or minus, to zoom in. May I define the increments, 25 miles per touch, 100 miles, etc? Thanks.

[@KisanduJ]

First 🙂🤟

[@KevinStratvert]

🥇 Officially first 🥇

[@QuazarGraphics]

Ado kisandu no

[@KisanduJ]

@@QuazarGraphics don't know your language 🙂

[@QuazarGraphics]

@@KisanduJ rly

[@KisanduJ]

@@QuazarGraphics yep

[@delinquense]

Did I miss it or what? how do I rename a saved location with a nickname so that I don't have a long address which doesn't mean anything to me?

[@MuditVerma]

You have dental insurance?! Can Google Maps give me that??

[@Myaccountyt]

Is there a hospital nearby?

[@HappyComfort]

😂😂😂

[@WaldoBC]

I like how Google calendar and Google maps integrate seamlessly. When adding an appointment that includes an address or coordinates ( I use coordinates often as I don't live in a city. Some addresses are way off), Maps will automatically warn you 10 minutes before you need to leave for said appointment (based on your current location and traffic).

[@johnrichards8514]

Kevin, EXCELLENT!! You are so efficient in your explanations. Only rarely miss a significant point. Where were you about 30 years ago or so when I was first fighting DOS???

[@TarunKanthK]

Is there a way I can see usual traffic instead of live traffic on android device ?

[@SOoOSRabenzel]

These are very useful tips. For the next video, could you please include a way to differentiate a tunnel or a bridge in google maps. also, how to make any route between houses other than the main road appear as an option to reach distination.

[@badpixels_]

u can use calculate area to buy fertilizer quantity for your home.

[@chriswalls5831]

Google is very intelligent but you gotta know whats real and what isnt

[@learninganima6700]

Wow you are manufactured in China and transported via sea then used in US and Europe , Loved to see a BOT accomplishing that in human dominated society.

[@cormorantwood6908]

Can I restore google maps history after deleted by mistake?

[@_w_w_]

All the "features" discussed here require you to surrender your address book and location data to Google Map. You are giving up a ton of privacy for features that are minimally valued.

[@Spielerandom]

What?! You can drsg the route somewhere else? So cool!

[@petermorrison1972]

Hi Kevin, I use Whatthreewords in conjunction with Google maps, superb add on

[@radzsing]

Today old when I learnt some of these...

[@lokenrc]

Any reason why you have not covered the extremely useful concept of “Google Maps Plus Code” for precisely defining a position in the map? Many years back, when I toured several European cities, I trudged along on foot with my camera gear. I found, Brussels / Bruxelles is the only city, which provides tourist maps showing which side is the façade of each building of tourist interest. This is a very vital information for photographers to plan which buildings one should visit in the forenoon and which in the afternoon to catch the sunlight on the façade. In the Northern hemisphere, where the sun is always at the South, one may have to carry special lens for photographing buildings that are North facing, thus never receive the sunlight. I think, Google should provide information on which way each photogenic building faces.

[@chrisjoel247]

i wish it will give you an option to add gas stations for long trips that you can setup within every few miles instead of adding them along the way. so far i have to research them and save them before heading out.

[@apeel2008]

Just found your channel and have subscribed. This was a great tutorial! So handy!! Quick question regarding Google Maps download for offline viewing. If you zoom out of an area creating a larger map area that will take more storage), are we still able to zoom in to see more detail anywhere in the map area downloaded, or is the detail limited when in offline mode?

[@katel3962]

Add A Stop feature is very helpful. I moved to a different state and naturally unfamiliar with the area. I can enter all my errands (stops) and rearrange for the most logical/efficient route.

[@DamianBrown]

STILL no UK clean air zones. An absolute basic requirement these days.

[@jimbowman9365]

Thanks Kevin. Just found you today. Great stuff. We have two streets with the same name in our neighborhood, one EAST and one WEST. People are continuously going to the wrong locations in either direction and sometimes our packages get delivered to the other location - for 12 years now. I've tried to fix it in Google but............... How does one get the two locations labeled correctly?

[@djlazyboy23]

Hi Kevin, can the drag and drop route relocating feature work in anyway on the mobile app?

[@Anunknowncat2593]

Is there any way that I can watch Street view in my vr box?

[@luizoliveira4344]

Very good! Would you have some tips on how to pin locations for walking distance places when traveling foreign countries? Thanks

[@MJK0627]

Your settings are different than mine and I can't find the remember parking location

[@ccupp2]

Yeap, I'm not seeing any option to automatically save my parking space either. On Pixel 6 with latest updates and latest Maps updates too.

[@WaldoBC]

I suggest quickly using the google assistant instead. "Okay google, remember my parking spot" before leaving the car. It's probably quicker anyway.

[@ccupp2]

@@WaldoBC Thanks for that tip.....I'm a regular user of the google assistant and will try to remember to use that .

[@speedracer9132]

2022, you’re a tech youtuber, and you didn’t mute your audio for the wake word? You’ve got to be kidding me

[@KevinStratvert]

I think there’s an exception to be made when you’re talking about the assistant feature itself 🤔

[@MoonchildTerabite]

Hi, Kevin! Great video, but i don't trust Google since last year, and slowly I removed all of their apps from my PC, MacBook and smartphone. They've become to sketchy with privacy issues....

[@tellnewstv]

WoooW very nice one ..Greetings to all the respected viewers.. Sending our love, compassion, and strength to all the people of peace.

[@l...]

One Touch or one word to navigate not to get direction screen

[@slogadin]

Wow I didn't know even 50%of this thanks

[@ilektrokioydio]

If you go to Bukingham Palace it shows a little queen like the UFO at Area 51... 🙃London SW1A 2BJ, UK

[@purplecrayon7281]

Did you make this video to flex you've been to Hawaii? I kid. I love your videos, especially those on Office.

[@smallbizok]

Question - could this application be utilized as testimony of one's location in a court of law?

[@atinele1986]

Ask your lawyer

[@kareza167]

I do not have any option to save auto parking location

[@aldenmiller613]

Kevin, you saved my life Thank you so much for this incredibly useful information that I will DEFINITELY use in my day to day life! 😃 👍

[@larryv4249]

I wish there was a way to use Google maps to plot a drivable route, from which I could then apply street view to create a drive lapse so I could preview the route as if it were a video. This would be helpful for previewing a route before traveling in my motorhome. Ideas?