Important: This article is only for Google Maps built into your car. Feature availability or functionality may depend on your car manufacturer or region. Learn how to use offline maps on other platforms.
You can use offline maps for reliable navigation and safety features when your car has a poor internet connection.
Offline maps are automatically downloaded and updated based on your current location and travel patterns.
Tip: You'll be notified if you're outside the area covered by your Offline Maps.
Let Google Maps manage your offline maps
Offline maps and Vehicle Map Service (VMS)
Google Maps provides data via Vehicle Map Service (VMS) to support safety-related driver assistance features in cars, like road sign integration and adaptive cruise control. These safety features rely on offline map data. To ensure map data is always available, turn on “auto-download” in the Privacy Center.
Turn on auto-download in the Privacy Center
To turn on auto-download:
- Open the Google Maps app
.
- At the bottom, tap Settings
.
- Tap Privacy Center
Offline maps.
- Select Auto-download offline maps.
- Make sure you have internet connection and wait for your offline map download to finish.
Manage offline maps
On your car, under "Offline maps," your offline maps will show:
- Auto-downloaded maps based on your car’s movements, if you’ve turned on auto-download before.
- Optional: Home and Work maps, if you’re signed in.
- Optional: Maps you’ve downloaded manually.
Tip: Home and Work maps are based on your home and work address, or your Google Account’s location history.
Download offline maps
- Turn on your phone’s hotspot and connect your car to the Wi-Fi. Your phone may have a better signal.
- Drive to an area with a stronger internet connection.
- Switch to another profile because it may already have an offline map of the area.
After you have an internet connection, you can download offline maps:
- Open the Google Maps app
.
- At the bottom, tap Settings
Offline maps.
- Tap Select your own map
.
- Adjust the map to cover the area you'd like to download.
- Tap Download
Rename offline maps
- Open the Google Maps app
.
- At the bottom, tap Settings
Offline maps.
- Select a map to edit, then tap Rename
.
Update offline maps
- Open the Google Maps app
.
- At the bottom, tap Settings
Offline maps.
- Select a map to edit, then tap Update
.
Delete offline maps
- Open the Google Maps app
.
- At the bottom, tap Settings
Offline maps.
- Select a map to edit, then tap Delete