raise your hand who has never used Google Maps as a navigator during a trip or a simple movement to the city. And they raise the hand even those who have never encountered an anomaly or a problem in the app, before or during its use. Today's guide is designed only and exclusively to the seconds, the more honest ones (no, football has nothing to do with it): here are 8 things you can do when Google Maps doesn't work.
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1. Update the app
Google Maps may not work, or rather, some of its functions may not be available, because the version of the app has now become obsolete. In this case, the solution is to update the application from Google Play Store (Android phones) or by the App Store (iPhone), and then try again to use it.
update Google Maps from Google Play Store update Google Maps from App Store Note: On iPhone or iPad ti You may be required to insert your Apple ID again and the password associated with it. or lost another solution to Google Maps problems is to empty the cache and definitively delete the data of the app stored in the storage space of your device. Here's how you have to do if you have an Android phone: Note: This operation cannot be performed on the iPhone. If Google Maps continues not to work, on iOS devices you can try to uninstall and reinstall the app. Below is the procedure to follow: Note: Before launching the download you may have to type your Apple ID and the password again. position of the most frequent problems that occurs is the impossibility for Google Maps to find the destination inserted, with the latter that is marked in red. To resolve, simply grant access to the position. Here's how you need to do. on Android phones on iPhone sometimes it happens to view the message "Impossible to establish a connection". The notice does nothing but report how the phone is not able to connect to the internet, for this reason if you try to search you will see the map always stay at the same point by reporting the gray dot. First of all, check that the internet connection is active and not to have made a mistake by aerial mode. the bottom from the top of the screen deactivate the aerial mode on iPhone On the same topic, the following readings could also be of interest to you: Being a Google service, Maps is closely connected to your account. When you save places to visit, parking or more, you are automatically saved them inside the Google account. That's why, if you use Maps with a different account, you will not find any of your "favorites", a problem especially if this happens on the occasion of a holiday planned in detail days before. We explain how to overcome this obstacle too: Read also: what you need to do to eliminate a Google account If Google Maps still does not work after the attempts described above, the problem may depend on some incorrect navigator settings. To access it, open the app, touch the profile photo, select "Settings", after which go to "Navigator Settings". Below is a list of the most frequent problems. the audio is too low despite the volume of the phone is at the Massimonella "sound and voice" section, under "volume indications" selects "high". The path that makes me do is always too long, I never enter the motorway "Route options" to leave to leave the items "avoid highways", "avoid tolls" and "avoid ferries". 2. It empties the cache and delete the data of the app
3. Uninstall and reinstall the app
4. Google Maps still doesn't work? Grant authorization to access the
5. Check that the internet connection is active
6. Make sure to use your Google account
7. Check that the navigator settings are correct
I no longer feel the audio notification that Google Maps automatically sends near a speed camera "sound and voice" shifts The lever from left (off position) to the right (on -on) next to the option "Reproduce audio signals". Go back (arrow at the top left), touches "app language" and add a check mark next to "Italian". The automatic navigator settings are set up so that you can use the app in the best way.
8. Download a map to use offline when you know that Google Maps will not work for the absence of network
you are already know that in the place where you are direct Google Maps will not work for the absence of the network, there is still a comfortable solution: download one map to use offline. Here are the passages to be taken:
Note: the greater the area of the map to download, the more The download will be heavy in terms of upload. To do this, first make sure to insert one in your phone, then open Google Maps, tap the profile image and "offline maps"; From here press on the icon of the Englishman at the top right ("Settings"), then under "preferences for storage" choose first "device" and then "SD card".
once downloaded The offline map, you can use Google Maps even if you are in an area without network coverage. You don't have to do any different operation from normal, just just launch Maps and look for the destination where you are directed, as long as it is part of the geographical area downloaded previously.
there are any limitations in using the Offline app instead of active mobile data. For example, you cannot view other alternative routes on the map, which usually indicate with the message "similar duration" or "+ x minutes without toll". Furthermore, if you use Google Maps Offline you cannot be updated in real time on traffic conditions along the route or on a possible accident, indications that prove to be fundamental on more than one occasion, in particular in the long movements from your home towards the Location chosen to spend their summer or winter holidays.
on the same topic we invite you to read the article on how to use Google Maps Offline. Our guidance on problems and solutions to be taken when Google Maps doesn't work ends here. Before going, we would like to point out that for the drafting of this in -depth analysis we used a Samsung Galaxy A52 and an iPhone 12 Pro Max. Especially regarding the first, if you have an Android smartphone of a different manufacturer you could find some different steps than those described here Above.
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