For some time Google has published some of its most popular apps on the Google Play store, making them available only in the poorest countries, where the phones sold are older and less powerful, where the internet connection is slower.
In some cases, however, as seen also in the article on the "Lite" versions of the most used apps on Android, the light apps have nothing less than the normal ones and even if they are mostly web apps, they are fluid, fast and convenient to use.
Google Maps Go is a light version of the normal Google Maps application, which includes all the basic functions and allows you to explore maps from all over the world, to find directions by car, on foot and by public transport and to check the situation of the traffic .
Google Maps Go is an app that after installation occupies just 320 kB in the phone's memory, which is practically 100 times smaller than normal Google Maps which as an application weighs about 100 MB. The app opens as a web app in Google Chrome, which is essential for Maps Go to work. On the map you can search for streets and addresses from the bar at the top, fix the position using the circle button and search for directions to go from somewhere start by pressing the arrow key. From the bottom, you can touch to expand the main options of the application, which allow you to search for directions by car, train and bus and even on foot.
It is also easy to switch from a street view to a satellite view, a traffic view and a view of public transport lines.
The other options can be found by touching the menu button at the top left, where in addition to those for driving directions and the map view, you can activate the sharing of the position of Google Maps and then also see the saved places and open My Maps, to create personal maps and maps.
Google Maps Go is a useful application, therefore, to explore the traffic in the surroundings and discover routes by public transport, but it does not have the function of a navigator. When looking for directions, you can see the suggested road and the expected travel time, you can touch the information button to see all the way written from start to finish, but you cannot use real-time navigation, that of satellite navigators. For navigation it is still essential to have the normal Google Maps app installed.
Now this may be disappointing for everyone, but all in all it cannot be considered a limitation. After all, it is convenient to have both installed, using Maps Go to search for directions and to see traffic in real time, leaving Maps only the task, when needed, to transform the smartphone into a satellite navigator. Basically they are apps that can be used in parallel, especially on older and slower cell phones where Google Maps is slow to load and search.
Google Maps Go is therefore a recommended download for all Android users, because the app takes up very little space and because it provides faster access to maps.
Maps Go can be downloaded from the Google Play store for free.
In some cases, however, as seen also in the article on the "Lite" versions of the most used apps on Android, the light apps have nothing less than the normal ones and even if they are mostly web apps, they are fluid, fast and convenient to use.
Google Maps Go is a light version of the normal Google Maps application, which includes all the basic functions and allows you to explore maps from all over the world, to find directions by car, on foot and by public transport and to check the situation of the traffic .
Google Maps Go is an app that after installation occupies just 320 kB in the phone's memory, which is practically 100 times smaller than normal Google Maps which as an application weighs about 100 MB. The app opens as a web app in Google Chrome, which is essential for Maps Go to work. On the map you can search for streets and addresses from the bar at the top, fix the position using the circle button and search for directions to go from somewhere start by pressing the arrow key. From the bottom, you can touch to expand the main options of the application, which allow you to search for directions by car, train and bus and even on foot.
It is also easy to switch from a street view to a satellite view, a traffic view and a view of public transport lines.
The other options can be found by touching the menu button at the top left, where in addition to those for driving directions and the map view, you can activate the sharing of the position of Google Maps and then also see the saved places and open My Maps, to create personal maps and maps.
Google Maps Go is a useful application, therefore, to explore the traffic in the surroundings and discover routes by public transport, but it does not have the function of a navigator. When looking for directions, you can see the suggested road and the expected travel time, you can touch the information button to see all the way written from start to finish, but you cannot use real-time navigation, that of satellite navigators. For navigation it is still essential to have the normal Google Maps app installed.
Now this may be disappointing for everyone, but all in all it cannot be considered a limitation. After all, it is convenient to have both installed, using Maps Go to search for directions and to see traffic in real time, leaving Maps only the task, when needed, to transform the smartphone into a satellite navigator. Basically they are apps that can be used in parallel, especially on older and slower cell phones where Google Maps is slow to load and search.
Google Maps Go is therefore a recommended download for all Android users, because the app takes up very little space and because it provides faster access to maps.
Maps Go can be downloaded from the Google Play store for free.
