{"id":255153,"date":"2024-08-17T10:56:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T10:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/17\/offline-google-maps-support-rolling-out-for-wear-os-watches\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:12:14","slug":"offline-google-maps-support-rolling-out-for-wear-os-watches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/17\/offline-google-maps-support-rolling-out-for-wear-os-watches\/","title":{"rendered":"Offline Google Maps support rolling out for Wear OS watches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"review-body\">\n<p>Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/google_pixel_watch_3_is_live_with_uwb_and_bluetooth_le_audio_support-news-64101.php\">unveiled<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/google_pixel_watch_3-13253.php\">Pixel Watch 3<\/a> a few days ago with offline Google Maps support, which is now rolling out for other Wear OS-running smartwatches.<\/p>\n<p>Offline Google Maps lets users navigate with their smartwatch even when it doesn&#8217;t have an active internet connection or is connected to a smartphone with internet connectivity.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-image\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-1200\/gsmarena_006.jpg\" alt=\"Offline Google Maps support rolling out for Wear OS watches\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This feature is available with beta version 11.140.0701.W of Google Maps for Wear OS on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/google_pixel_watch_2-12547.php\">Pixel Watch 2<\/a> and should expand to other Wear OS watches soon.<\/p>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve updated Google Maps to beta version 11.140.0701.W, you&#8217;ll see a new &#8220;Offline maps&#8221; page above the &#8220;Settings&#8221; option. The watch app also automatically downloads a map of your area while syncing other offline areas from your connected smartphone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-row clearfix\">&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_002.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google Maps offline mode\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-x122\/gsmarena_002.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_001.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google Maps offline mode\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-x122\/gsmarena_001.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_003.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google Maps offline mode\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-x122\/gsmarena_003.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_004.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google Maps offline mode\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-x122\/gsmarena_004.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<a onclick=\"javascript:ShowImg2(&quot;news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-1200x900m\/gsmarena_005.jpg&quot;);return false\" href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Google Maps offline mode\" width=\"122\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/24\/08\/google-maps-offline-support-wear-os\/inline\/-x122\/gsmarena_005.jpg\"\/><\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n<br \/><span><strong>Google Maps offline mode<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, it syncs offline maps when the smartwatch is on Wi-Fi and charging and shows a slashed icon cloud next to the time on the map when you are offline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-source\"><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2024\/08\/16\/offline-google-maps-wear-os\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Via<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsmarena.com\/google_maps_offline_support_wear_os_beta-news-64174.php\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Google unveiled the Pixel Watch 3 a few days ago with offline Google Maps support, which is now rolling out for other Wear OS-running<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":255154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255153"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}