Google Maps

Maps, routes, and places in one app

Google Maps is a navigation and local search app for people who need to get somewhere, find a nearby business, or understand an unfamiliar area before they visit. It covers driving, walking, cycling, and public transport, with route guidance that can adjust around traffic and reported incidents. Search also works as a practical directory for restaurants, shops, services, attractions, and other places.

Useful before and during a trip

Google Maps can show street-level imagery, business information, reviews, opening details, and busy periods where data is available. Street View helps you check a destination, entrance, or surrounding road before setting off. You can also save map areas for use when a mobile data connection is unavailable, which is useful for travel or patchy coverage.

• Turn-by-turn directions for several travel modes
• Live traffic and public transport information in supported areas
• Local search with ratings, photos, and place details
• Street View and other visual map layers
• Offline map areas for selected regions

What stood out

The app is at its best when a simple question needs a quick answer: where to go, how long it will take, or what is nearby. Its broad location database makes it suitable for regular commuters, drivers, walkers, tourists, and anyone comparing places before leaving home. The amount of information can make the interface feel busy, and continuous location use may consume more battery than a basic map viewer.

Listing details

Developed by Google LLC, Google Maps is listed in Travel & Local. It has 10,000,000,000+ installs and a rating of 3.17 from more than 19.3 million reviews. Those figures point to a very widely used app, though the rating suggests that the experience is not equally well received by everyone.