Google has introduced a new feature for iPhone users that may evoke some envy among Android device owners.
For those who have ever parked in an unfamiliar area or a vast parking lot, the anxiety of not being able to find their vehicle is a common experience. Now, Google Maps offers a solution.
iPhone users of Google Maps can now benefit from the automatic saving of their parking location, an enhancement over the current capabilities available to Android users.
While Android users can manually save their parking location, iPhone users no longer need to take this step, as the process is now automated.
In a LinkedIn post, an unconventional platform for such announcements, Rio Akasaka, Senior Product Manager for Google Maps, stated.
If you’re like me, you forget where you park all the time.
Worry no more, because Google Maps will remember for you. No more taking photos in parking lots or fiddling with app settings or taking screenshots to remember. Get in a car with Google Maps and connect to your car with USB, Bluetooth or CarPlay, and once you’re done driving, there’s a little pin waiting for you when you open Google Maps next– a personal parking Maps valet, just for you. When you drive again, the pin goes away, just like that.
Here’s to technology, however small, that just works. Available now on iOS.
Over on the support pages for Google Maps, the company provides a little more in the way of detail, as it gives instructions:
Save where you parked automatically
To help you find where you left your car, Maps automatically saves your parking location. It stays saved for 48 hours unless you remove it or start driving.
Step 1: Connect your device to your car
To get the most accurate location info, you can also connect your device to your car using Bluetooth, CarPlay, or USB. After you disconnect your device, Maps uses your location to save your parking spot.
Use Bluetooth
- On your iPhone or iPad, turn on Bluetooth.
- Pair your iPhone or iPad to your car.
- Set your car’s audio source to Bluetooth.
Use CarPlay or USB
Plug your device into your car.
- CarPlay should open on your car’s display.
Step 2 (optional): Turn on Motion & Fitness
Maps automatically remembers where you park using your phone’s sensor that detect if you’re driving or parking.
- On your iPhone or iPad, open the Google Maps app .
- Tap your profile picture or initial Settings Navigation.
- Under “Automatically save parking,” next to “Don’t use Bluetooth?,” tap Let maps use your motion to save your parking.
- Make sure “Automatically save parking” is on.
- When Maps detect that you’ve stopped driving, your parking location shows on the map with the pin labeled “You parked here.” You can also find it in the search bar.
Step 3 (optional): Manage your location services
To help Maps detect where you park, you can set “Location Services” to “Always.” This works even if the app runs in the background or your screen is off.
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