When connected to wi-fi, open the Google Maps app on your phone. Now that your map is downloaded, click here to learn how to prep Google Maps to work without wifi.

Once downloaded, you can rename your offline area with the city name, and click ‘Save’.

Click ‘Download.’ Your map will download in a few minutes as long as it remains connected to wi-fi.

Zoom in and out to adjust the map to the area you want.

Once you see the city you’ll be visiting, click the Three Horizontal Lines in the top left of the app on the search bar.

Search for the city that you are going to.

When connected to wi-fi, open the Google Maps app on your iPhone.

This function is available on any Google Maps app regardless of phone type. The following instructions for the iPhone, but this function is available on all Google Maps apps on any phone like a Samsung Galaxy. If you check the section on “Downside of Google Maps Offline”, you’ll see what I’m talking about and how to remedy it so you’re always prepped with directions. It won’t work as it usually does where you can pull up step-by-step directions wherever you are. After you complete these instructions, Google Maps will work wifi and in airplane mode. Thus, you must follow these instructions when you are at home, office, Airbnb, or wherever you have good wifi connection. How to Download Google Maps for Offline Use Without Data or Wifiīefore we begin, please note that using Google Map offline without data or wifi on your trip is meant to be a pre-travel preparation item. Purchases made through links may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. From Lust Till Dawn is a reader-supported site.

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