Not knowing how to use them could have resulted in a serious situation.
Like most Google apps, Google maps are free and come with most android phones.
Google maps, unlike a GPS, it does not save most of your data on your phone.
That way, it’s possible for you to access directions to those places without using your data.
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Tapping on that will display a drop-down menu with several options.
You should be able to seeoffline mapsin the dropdown menu.
Selecting Offline Maps will display something like to use offline maps, start by downloading a map.
you might also search and get directions with that map.
you’re free to zoom in or zoom out of this map and navigate using this rectangle.
It will also display the size of the map you want to download.
The size of a city map will be likely 100 MB.
This will help you minimize data used for Google Maps.
If its not available on the drop-down menu then navigate tosettingsand check forthe WIFI onlyoption.
It is usually accompanied by atoggle switch.
To do so, go to your devicesettings.
you’ve got the option to restrict data usage in this app from cellular data or notifications.
Go to Google Maps and hit it.
Selectdata usage.Ifunrestricted data usageis on, turn it off.
Here you might also turn off background data.
