Google Maps is back on Apple Watch — how to get it now

Google Maps is back on Apple Watch — how to get it at present

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Google Maps is at long last available in one case again on Apple Picket, after close to iii years of no support.

The render to watchOS was announced on August 10 in a Google blog postal service, forth with new interaction with CarPlay. However, as 9to5Google observed, the rollout of Google Maps for Apple Lookout has only begun alongside the release of Google Maps iOS app's version v.52

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You lot need to take the chief app updated before y'all can employ the watchOS version of Google Maps. You besides need an Apple Watch running watchOS 5 or later, meaning that original Apple tree Lookout users are left out in the cold.

To better suit the smaller, more than immediately accessible brandish, you don't actually run into a map on the app. Instead you get a choice of navigating to your favorited destinations via car, cycle, public send or walking. Once yous've picked a place from the list or typed in a new one onto your telephone, and selected your mode of send, you'll then get a list of step-past-step instructions complete with haptic alerts to make certain you don't miss a turn.

If you want quick access to the maps, you can as well add a shortcut to the app as a complication to the Apple Lookout'south domicile screen.

This isn't an app that tin be used past itself though. You'll need to use your telephone to input an unsaved destination or to bank check the actual map. This ways information technology isn't as smooth to use as the Apple Maps app. But if you're one of the surprisingly large grouping of people who like to use Apple tree's hardware but Google's apps, Google Maps is worth giving another shot on Apple Sentry.

Richard is a Tom's Guide staff author based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, sound and any else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he's also written for WIRED U.G., The Annals and Creative Bloq. When not at piece of work, he's likely thinking about how to mash the perfect cup of specialty java.