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Google Maps has, for years now, been the savior of directionally challenged people everywhere, and it just got even better. Thanks to a new update that was made without fanfare, it will now help you remember where you parked.<\/p>\nGoogle Maps has, for years now, been the savior of directionally challenged people everywhere, and it just got even better. Thanks to a new update that was made without fanfare, it will now help you remember where you parked.<\/p>\n
When you get wherever you\u2019re going, if you\u2019ve got the app pulled up, you can simply tap the blue \u201cpin\u201d to mark your location and Google will save it, replacing the standard pin with a big red \u201cP\u201d on the map.<\/p>\n
Of course, if you find yourself in a multi-level parking garage, that alone would not provide you with enough information to quickly and easily locate your vehicle again. But the change also allows you to take photos of your car or other surroundings, type notes and append these to the pin for recall later if you need a hint.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s huge, and it just made travel into any cityscape a whole lot easier, especially if it\u2019s an area you\u2019re not that familiar with in the first place.<\/p>\n
As an added bonus, if you\u2019ve parked somewhere and had to feed money into a parking meter, you can plug in the time on the meter as you walk away. Google Maps will offer a running countdown that shows how much time you have remaining on the meter before it needs to be fed again, which is another tremendous convenience.<\/p>\n
For the moment, the updates are only available for Android devices and only working on Google Maps, version 9.49. However, as soon as this latest version makes its way through the iStore\u2019s approval process, Apple users will be able to enjoy the latest benefit as well.<\/p>\n
Business travel, especially to a city you\u2019re not familiar with, can be a frustrating experience, but thanks to these changes, it just got a little less so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Google Maps has, for years now, been the savior of directionally challenged people everywhere, and it just got even better. Thanks to a new update that was made without fanfare, it will now help you remember where you parked. When you get wherever you\u2019re going, if you\u2019ve got the app pulled up, you can simply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n