Google Maps is one of the most used applications in Spainpartly to come pre -installed in most mobile phones that are sold, except in those of Huawei and Apple’s, and Google Mima a lot. In fact, it is one of its applications with less massive alternatives. Not even Apple Maps is a rival for many iOS users.
That is why Every few weeks we see news in the applicationeven one of the first to make use of Android’s new functions every time a greater update is launched, as will happen with Android 16. But, beyond the new functions, there are some that have been with us for a while but are not well known to many users.
For example, power See the speed at the car when we use this app as GPS, and even see the limit of the roadto know whether or not we are exceeding the speed limit. It is very practical because we are not to divert the gaze from the GPS to the vehicle instrumentation panel.
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Sometimes this feature is activated by defaultbut it may not be so. In that case what you have to do is go to the Settings, Then we click on navigation, we look for Driving options And we mark two options, called Speed limits and Speedometer.
When we have them active they will appear at the bottom of the screen both the speed at which we are going and the speed of the road we circulate, at least if Google Maps has it in its database, which happens with the vast majority of footwear in Spain. Besides, These two figures also appear when we use Google Maps on Android Auto.
Velocimeter on Google Maps
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This is even more comfortable, because they appear something bigger when using the car screen and not that of the smartphone. We can also activate other functions within the settings, such as the map is shown by default satellite whenever we open the app, use Bluetooth beacons for a better positioning in the tunnels, etc. If this application is used, it is not a bad idea investigate among the many configuration options which has within the adjustments of the mobile app.
