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Google Maps is now an App on Windows 10

 
Mon, 10/04/2021 - 5:06pm

On Windows 10, Google Maps has always run inside the Chrome browser. That can still be done, but many Google Maps' features are missing. For example, the Saved Places are no longer visible.

A Google Maps app can easily be installed on the PC and all the features are there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HOhNApXkTY

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Mon, 10/04/2021 - 9:18pm

Google Earth Pro is Great!

I've been using Google Earth for probably twenty or more years as I cannot remember when I first started using it. If I correctly recall at the time, Google Earth was a free program so I opted for the free Google Earth rather than Google Earth Pro.

After a time Google Earth Pro was also made a free program so I changed to Google Earth Pro after it was offered for free.

I love Google Earth and I use it almost daily but I use the straight program on my PC instead of inside a browser or as an app.

Mon, 10/04/2021 - 9:37pm

dobs108 wrote: That can

dobs108 wrote:

That can still be done, but many Google Maps' features are missing. For example, the Saved Places are no longer visible.

You need to be logged in to Google to see saved, favourites etc.

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Mon, 10/04/2021 - 10:32pm

Thanks

dobs108 wrote:

On Windows 10, Google Maps has always run inside the Chrome browser. That can still be done, but many Google Maps' features are missing. For example, the Saved Places are no longer visible.

A Google Maps app can easily be installed on the PC and all the features are there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HOhNApXkTY

Thanks, I'll try it.

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Mon, 10/04/2021 - 11:03pm

interesting, I'll have to

interesting, I'll have to try it. thanks

Tue, 10/05/2021 - 7:15am

There are others too

Besides Google Maps, YouTube and a few select other apps are now available for Windows users that avoid the need for them to run in a browser. I have added both the Maps and YouTube apps to my PC.

The YouTube link dobs108 offers in the OP shows how easy it is to add the app to a PC.

Tue, 10/05/2021 - 7:29am

logged in

Juggernaut wrote:
dobs108 wrote:

That can still be done, but many Google Maps' features are missing. For example, the Saved Places are no longer visible.

You need to be logged in to Google to see saved, favourites etc.

Yes, I was logged in.

Tue, 10/05/2021 - 8:17am

Thank You

Thanks for the info and the link to the video. I didn't know about PWA's. Added both Google Maps and YouTube.

Fri, 10/08/2021 - 7:35am

Now

Isn't this just grand?

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