If you’re like most of us, you use Google Maps to get directions to a specific location, then you don’t think about it again, until it’s time to go somewhere else you haven’t been to before. And that’s perfectly natural, because on the surface, that’s all there is to a navigation app — right? Or that’s at least all you need it to beBut despite Google Maps being so far beyond all other competition in terms of monthly active users, the company still works regularly to make this app not just a navigator, but also a tour guide and a commuting guru. Let’s dig a few layers below the surface of Google Maps to show you some other, perhaps more exciting things it can do.

Using the Commute tab to smoothly travel between work and home

If you use Google services often enough, odds are that they already know where you live, and perhaps where you work as well. It turns out that you can use this to your advantage via the Commute tab in the Google Maps app.

Once you have this set up, the app will be able to estimate your arrival time at work before you’ve even gotten into your transportation. If you’re behind the wheel, it can also figure out alternate routes in case of congestion, road closures and other obstacles. With an Android phone, you can even step into your vehicle, say “Hey Google, take me home,” and the Google Assistant will lay out out a turn-by-turn route for you — no matter where you are.>>>>>>>>>https://tricksmentor.com/2019/11/5-google-maps-tips-and-tricks-to-make-you-an-expert-navigator/