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Google Maps, a more full-featured navigation app with the advantage of ubiquity, was originally developed by Google LLC. Since the launch of the service, Google has continued to improve and add new features, which can not only provide more accurate navigation guidance, but also plan routes according to the different needs of cars, locomotives, and pedestrians. Free, convenient, fast, and on most people’s phones, Google Maps navigation has long become one of the most used navigation applications in the world.

Google Maps includes a GPS language navigation system, which allows you to navigate between words, and also provides recommendations for local information, allowing you to find businesses, rate or view recommended places at your fingertips. The most powerful thing is that with the navigation function, you can check the whereabouts of your friends, as well as your own location, and Google Maps also provides location navigation, allowing you to easily reach the designated place. What’s more, during the use of the app, you can also record your location to facilitate travel, etc., but you need to turn on the location function in your phone before using it, otherwise the application will not be able to read your location.

Finally, the app’s worth mentioning is the new augmented reality feature of Google Maps, which provides users with real-time navigation through the phone’s camera. One of the big advantages of this feature is that it provides people with very specific location data, and this feature is unlikely to stay at the mobile phone level, and may be redeployed to AR-enabled smart glasses devices in the future.

On iOS App Store, the rating of Google Maps is 4.7 out of 5.0, with 4,800,000user reviews. On Google Play, its rating is 3.9 out of 5.0, with 16,400,000 user reviews and more than ten billion installs. Based on the above data, we can find that this app has relatively high scores and ranks high in App Store. Of course, if you are looking for a powerful and accurate navigation app, then Google Maps is your best choice.

Through continuous updates and upgrades, Google Maps has also launched a variety of additional services, including Street View services, services to help people with disabilities navigate, virtual reality VR, and viewing Mars. Among them, the functions of helping the disabled include displaying the bus transfer route for the disabled, and voice navigation for the visually impaired, helping these people with inconvenience to travel.

From the actual experience, Google Maps can use the mobile phone’s network as the basis for positioning, and can also use accurate GPS for positioning. With such an application, you no longer have to worry about getting lost when you go out. In addition, the operation system of Google Maps is very simple. Enter the place you want to go in the search bar, and you can quickly locate it. Of course, you can locate the location without turning on the GPS system, but if you want to see the route, the system will automatically prompt you to turn on GPS.

Pros

1. Powerful navigation function to help users reach their destination quickly.

2. Accurate navigation information helps users save time.

3. Provides real-time traffic information, accident reporting and automatic rerouting.

4. Free, high accuracy and high resolution.

5. Offline maps to search and navigate without an internet connection.

6. Rural maps are more detailed.

7. Powerful AR navigation function, don’t worry about getting lost when you go out.

Cons

The level of detail of the location leaves something to be desired compared to similar apps.