Driver assistance and electric vehicle features in Google Maps built into your car

For certain car manufacturers and models, your car may be equipped with safety-related driver assistance features or electric vehicle features that integrate with Google Maps built into your car.

You need a car with Google apps and services built in. Learn which cars are compatible.

Important: Settings and functionality may vary by car manufacturer, region, and data plan. For more info, reference your owner’s manual.

Safety-related driver assistance features

Your car may have safety-related driver assistance outside of Google Maps. They can be turned on or off using vehicle controls on the steering wheel or in the infotainment system. The particular features may depend on an integration with vehicle technology, like an external camera, assisted driving features, and more. To determine what features your car may have, read the driver manual or explore the center screen in your car.

Tip: This feature isn't available in all languages and countries/regions.

Current legal speed limit information

Your car may have the ability to show the current legal speed limit based on your external vehicle camera and the speed limit information provided by Maps. In areas where speed limit signs aren’t visible, Maps information may be used to suggest the speed limit shown in your vehicle.

The legal speed limit can vary by weather, time, season, or other conditions. Information from Maps, like the current weather conditions, may be used to determine if a conditional speed limit applies.

Upcoming legal speed limit information

Your car may have the ability to display an upcoming legal speed limit, based on where your car is likely to travel. If you’ve set a destination in Google Maps, that information will be used. If you haven’t set a destination, Google Maps may give the vehicle system a likely path to predict the speed limit of an upcoming area.

Adaptive Cruise Control

Your car may have the ability to automatically accelerate and brake to keep a safe distance from a vehicle ahead. When there are no cars ahead, the vehicle speed can be adjusted by the driver or influenced by expected car speeds and legal speed limits. Google Maps can provide information to the Adaptive Cruise Control system to improve the overall quality of the feature.

Offline maps and Vehicle Map Service (VMS)

Google Maps provides data to your car using Vehicle Map Service (VMS). The data is used to support the safety-related driver assistance features in your car, like speed limit information or adaptive cruise control. These features rely on offline map data, especially in areas without an internet connection or with poor connectivity.

To ensure offline map data is always available, turn on “auto-download” in the privacy center. If you choose to auto-download offline maps, your car may share information, like your vehicle location and previously downloaded offline maps with Google servers.

If you choose to manually download offline maps and don’t download the offline map of the area you’re driving in, some of these safety-related driver assistance features may not work.

Learn more about how to manage your offline maps.

Tip: Any previously downloaded maps will still be available, but won’t be automatically updated. 

Electric vehicle features

You can get useful information for your electric vehicle on Google Maps. You can find your car’s battery level on arrival, get important battery alerts, and find compatible charging stations.

Tip: This feature isn't available in all languages and countries/regions.

Battery on arrival

When you search for a place on Maps, you’ll find your car’s estimated battery on arrival . Once navigation starts, your battery on arrival will continuously update as you drive.

Charging Assistance

When you navigate to a destination:

• If you won’t reach your destination without charging, and you require only one charging stop, you’ll be prompted to select a charging station along your route. 
• If you won’t reach your destination without charging and it requires multiple charging stations, they’ll all be automatically added in along your route. The charging time will be included in the duration of the trip.

To add a charging station to your route:

1. Tap Add charging stop.
2. Select a charging station.

To report missing or incorrect charging station information, send us feedback on your mobile device.

Search for charging stations

You can search on Maps for compatible plugs with your car and choose what shows up in your results by:

• Charger types
• Payment networks
• Charging speeds

Learn how to add a charging station to your route before starting navigation or along the route during navigation.

If you add a charging station along the route, you’ll find a recommended minimum charging time. Charging times vary by the car’s battery on arrival, the car’s charging capabilities, and the station’s charging speed.

Tip: Tap a charging station for more info, like power output.