Google Maps

What Google Maps does

Google Maps is a navigation and local search app for people who need directions, want to find places nearby, or plan journeys before leaving. It supports routes for driving, walking, cycling and public transport, with traffic and service information used to help adjust the journey. The app is suited to everyday travel, city navigation and exploring unfamiliar areas.

Maps, places and route planning

You can search for businesses, landmarks, stations and other destinations, then compare them by location, ratings and practical details. Place listings can include opening information, photos, reviews and indications of how busy a location may be. Street View and related imagery can help you recognise a building, entrance or surrounding road before you arrive.

For areas with limited connectivity, selected map regions can be saved for offline use. This is useful for travel where mobile data may be unavailable, although live traffic, transit updates and other connected features depend on current network access.

Publisher and catalogue details

• Developer: Google LLC
• Category: Travel & Local
• Package: com.google.android.apps.maps
• Installs: 10,000,000,000+

What the numbers indicate

Google Maps has a listed rating of 3.1722708 from 19,302,412 reviews. That combination of a very large review total and more than 10 billion installs shows broad use, while the rating also indicates that user experiences are mixed rather than uniformly positive. The app brings many travel tools into one place, but its usefulness can vary with location, map coverage, data connection and the accuracy of information supplied for individual places.