Creating a map. Customizing with Cloud-based maps styling. Customizing with JSON styling. Interacting with the map. Drawing on the map. Utility library. And don't let yourself be fooled: While its official purpose may revolve around parking, you can just as easily use the feature to save any kind of location for any reason you want.
Tap that option, and that's it: Your current location will be burned into Maps' memory. If you want to add extra info to help your own mushy mammal brain later, swipe up on the bar that says "Parking location" at the bottom of the screen. You can then enter notes about your saved location what level you parked on, how many oatmeal-serving establishments were in the vicinity, and so on , attach photos you making silly faces in front of various passersby, etc , and create an alert to remind you about the location after a certain amount of time has elapsed.
When you're ready to get back to your car — or whatever sort of spot you've saved — all you've gotta do is tap that same "Parking location" bar at the bottom of the Maps app or look for the "Parking location" notification from anywhere in your phone. Next up: Help someone find you — or maybe just give 'em an update on your whereabouts and progress — by tapping the blue location dot within the main Maps screen and then selecting "Share location" from the menu that comes up.
That'll let you give anyone a link to follow your location in real-time on a map for a specific amount of time or until you turn the feature off. You can even beam the link directly into another app or service on your phone to get it wherever you need. On your way to a secret lair? Well, look at you, Bruce Wayne.
Pin this bit of info to your amygdala: If you tap your profile picture in the Maps app and then select "Turn on Incognito mode," Maps will temporarily stop saving your location and using it for any future purposes. And no one — not even Google — will know where you are. One of the Android Maps app's most underappreciated features is its ability to let you create collections of places and then revisit 'em or share 'em with other human person-people later.
It's like a super-specific sort of bookmarking service that's all about locations and connected directly to your favorite navigation genie. To take advantage of the system, tap the Saved tab at the bottom of the Maps app, then look for the section labeled "Your list. With shared lists, you can even opt to let other people edit and add their own items into the mix — an easy way to collaborate with colleagues, cousins, or chinchillas on a list of lustworthy lunch spots or places to stop by on your next business outing.
Why swipe around to control your music when you can do it right from the main Maps interface? Maps has the ability to add audio controls directly into the app so you can see your currently playing tunes and shuffle around as needed within a prominently placed bar in the app's navigation area.
To get started, open up Maps' settings, select "Navigation settings," then tap "Assistant default media provider. Sometimes, it seems like it'd be easier to understand a map if north were always facing up.
Well, good news, my fellow orientation-obsessed organism: You can actually tell Maps to keep a consistent, locked orientation with north at the top whenever it's navigating. Just look in the "Navigation settings" section of the app's main settings and find the option labeled rather appropriately "Keep map north up. In that same "Navigation settings" section of Maps' settings lies an understated option anyone with sensitive peepers will be pleased to uncover: the ability to set Maps' color scheme into a permanent dark mode whenever navigation is active.
By default, Maps manages this setting on its own and switches between a light and dark scheme as it sees fit. If you'd rather avoid glary distractions all the time, look for the "Color scheme" setting and switch it from "Automatic" to "Night.
I don't know about you, but I've lost count of the number of times I've had Maps navigation going and music playing from my phone at the same time — and then jumped in my seat when that lovely navigation genie's voice cuts in and somehow seems 7, times louder than the song behind it.
There's actually an easy fix for that, though: At the very top of the "Navigation settings" section of Maps' settings sits an option called "Guidance volume. Browsing through the Maps app is an underrated way to find something tasty to eat, whether you're planning to go somewhere or place an order for delivery. But navigating your way through the maze of culinary options in your area can get overwhelming fast, especially if you have a specific sort of nourishment in mind.
Well, take note, you hungry, hungry hamster: After tapping the "Restaurants" option at the top of the main Maps screen, you can actually narrow down the types of places that'll show up as suggestions. You can pick from a sprawling range of variables, too — everything from the establishment's hours, ratings, and whether it delivers to what kind of cuisine it serves.
You can even filter based on whether you've visited a place before and whether it's kid-friendly, delivery-ready, and even vegetarian-prepared. The trick is to tap the little control icon in the upper-left corner of the restaurant search screen, then just go to town on selecting whatever filters seem right. Last but not least, you'd be forgiven for forgetting — or maybe not ever knowing — but Maps has its own custom set of voice commands that work whenever you're in the midst of a navigation.
All you've gotta do is say "Hey Google" or activate Assistant in whatever manner you prefer, and then shout out the command in question. Go beyond Maps and get even more Android shortcut knowledge with my new Android Shortcut Supercourse. You'll learn tons of time-saving tricks for your phone! Contributing Editor JR Raphael serves up tasty morsels about the human side of technology.
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