Remember Where You Parked With the Google Maps App

Ever accept a mini panic attack because you couldn't remember where you parked your car? Y'all may never accept to live through that frustrating situation again, thanks to Google.

The visitor on Tuesday introduced a new Google Maps feature for iOS and Android that will aid y'all recall where y'all parked.

On Android (pictured above), tap the blue dot and press "Save your parking" to add your spot to the map. From there, you'll run across a label on the map identifying where you left your car. You tin can tap that label to add together additional details like the exact spot number, an image of your parking spot, and the corporeality of fourth dimension earlier the meter expires. The app will even give yous a reminder xv minutes before your meter expires, if y'all enter this information. You lot can besides send your parking location to friends.

The experience is like on iOS: simply tap the blueish dot and select "Set as parking location." From there, you lot tin tap on the parking label to share it with friends or view photos of your parking area.

Google Maps for iOS too offers an automatic parking detection feature that should make things even easier, should you lot choose to set up it upward. Connect the app to your automobile using USB audio or Bluetooth and your parking spot volition be automatically added to the map when you disconnect and exit the vehicle, Google Maps Product Manager Jeff Albertson explained in a blog post.

The update comes after Google in January introduced a new beta Maps characteristic that gives you a heads upwardly nearly the parking situation about your destination, and then you can be mentally prepared if parking is limited. The Google-owned traffic and navigation app Waze, meanwhile, has a "where to park" feature that can help you locate a spot, too every bit a "where I parked" pick.

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