Utilise navigation in the Google Maps app

To become easy, plough-by-turn navigation to places, use the Google Maps app. Maps shows you directions and uses real-time traffic information to detect the best route to your destination.

With voice navigation, you tin can hear traffic alerts, where to turn, which lane to use, and if there's a better route.

Of import: Navigation and info about which lane to use aren't available in all countries, regions, and languages. Oversized or emergency vehicles aren't the intended users of navigation.

What you demand to employ navigation

On your telephone or tablet:

  • Plough on your GPS.
  • Allow Google Maps apply your current location and audio speakers.

Get-go or cease navigation

  1. On your Android telephone or tablet, open the Google Maps app Maps.
  2. Search for a place or tap it on the map.
  3. At the bottom left, tap Directions. If you touch and hold the push instead, yous'll first navigation and can skip steps four through 6. Larn how to add more than destinations.
  4. Cull your mode of transportation.
  5. If other routes are available, they'll bear witness in gray on the map. To follow an alternate route, tap the gray line.
  6. To start navigation, tap Start Start. If you see "Searching for GPS," your phone is trying to get a GPS indicate. For instance, you might exist in or near a tunnel, parking garage, or other location where there's no GPS betoken.
  7. To stop or cancel navigation, go to the bottom left and tap Shut Close.

Tips:

  • You can see traffic info, public transit options, and local places of interest in just a few seconds. Learn more well-nigh nearby places and travel.
  • To find the map from your signal of view, tap the compass.
  • Learn how to add a shortcut to get directions to a place you travel to ofttimes, like work or home.

Discover more actions while navigating

To notice more actions while you're navigating to a identify, go to the information card at the bottom of the screen and swipe up. To hide the menu, swipe down on the information card.

Hear vox directions

When you navigate to a place, you can hear voice directions. Learn how to ready vox navigation problems.

Change the volume level

Mute, unmute, or hear alerts

Mute vocalisation directions during telephone calls

If you become a phone telephone call while navigating somewhere, you lot can answer the telephone call, but you'll hear voice directions unless you mute it.

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app Maps.
  2. Tap your profile moving picture or initial Account Circle and then Settings Settings and then Navigation settings.
  3. Turn on or off "Play phonation during telephone calls."

Change the phonation

You might exist able to switch to some other phonation from your phone or tablet's text-to-oral communication settings.

  1. Go to your telephone or tablet'due south settings app.
  2. Tap Language and input.
  3. Tap Text-to-speech output.
  4. Under "Preferred engine," select another text-to-spoken language selection.
  5. Vocalism navigation uses the voice you lot select. This changes the voice in other apps too.

Change the language

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app Maps.
  2. Tap your Profile motion picture or initial Account Circle and then Settings Settings and then Navigation settings.
  3. Nether "Sound & phonation," tap Vocalization choice.
  4. Select a linguistic communication.

More things y'all tin can exercise with navigation

Report traffic alerts

Report speed cameras & traffic accidents

To help improve Maps for yourself and others, you can share information along your route. Yous tin study:

Note: Only make a report if information technology's safe to do and so.

Add a report

  1. Open the Google Maps app Maps.
  2. Start navigation.
  3. Tap Report Report and then Choose an option.
  4. A written report appears on the map where yous were on your route. The written report will be anonymous.

Observe alerts from others

If someone else reported something, you lot'll find it on the map as you move closer. Depending on your alert settings, yous may also hear a alarm.

When you lot reach the alarm, y'all'll notice a prompt that asks "Is this withal here?" To let others know if the report is yet true, tap Yes or No.

Tips for saving battery life when using navigation

Your battery is used faster with navigation because Maps uses these things from your phone or tablet:

  • Your current location
  • Your screen
  • Your speakers

Battery-saving tips

  • Use a power adapter: You don't need to worry about your battery draining if your phone is charging. We recommend using a power adaptor, especially when your trip is longer than 30 minutes.
  • Turn off your screen: If you don't need to see the screen while using navigation, press the power button on your telephone or tablet to plough it off. You'll notwithstanding hear vocalization directions.

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