To get easy, turn-by-turn navigation to places, use the Google Maps app. Maps shows you directions and uses real-time traffic information to find the best route to your destination.

Google Maps is available on iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and Chrome devices, whereas Apple Maps is restricted to Apple platforms only. That makes the Google service much more accessible. The fact that many iPhone users use Google Maps, even though Apple Maps is preloaded on devices, is very telling.

You can save an area from Google Maps to your phone or tablet and use it when you're offline. Tip: You're unable to download offline maps in some countries or regions because of contractual limitations, language support, address formats, or other reasons.

Google Maps is a free of cost and extremely easy to use software that you can use to find your location on map using GPS, instantly search a destination and the routes leading to it, or just to survey an area.