WearOS smartwatch users to get offline Google Maps feature soon - Here’s how it works

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Wear OS smartwatches will soon offer users a convenient way to access Google Maps. This development comes in response to growing user feedback, as many users prefer smartwatches for their adventures but often find that these locations lack cellular connectivity. To address this, Google is working on launching a new offline Google Maps support feature for Wear OS smartwatches.

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Users will soon be able to access the Google Maps offline support feature on select Wear OS smartwatches, including the latest Pixel Watch 3 released on August 13 at the Made by Google event. According to a report by 9to5Google, this is visible to users who are using the latest version of Google Maps on their wearOS smartwatch. They would see a new template displaying “Offline maps on the phone are auto-downloaded to the watch.” Moreover, they would also see the new offline maps option in the settings of the Google Maps app. 

The report further adds that the available offline maps will get auto-synced when the users connect their smartwatches to a WiFi network, or when put on charge. Apart from this, Google Maps running on WearOS smartwatches will enable auto download of the map of the user's location.

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Further, users will be able to use the offline Google Maps feature if they have their WearOS smartwatch with a Wi Fi connection even when not having their smartphone, and they will also have the access to offline Google Maps feature when they are using the Wear OS smartwatch with Wi-Fi+LTE and not carrying their smartphones at the same time, and in addition, they will also be able to know the amount of storage space taken by these maps and will provide them with an option to delete the downloaded maps on their fingertips. 

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