Due to confusion or difficulty finding different places, google maps it has become a platform that will help you with this kind of location problems. Through this you can not only see the address of your house, but also check the change of an avenue over the years and even navigate in other countries.
But now it has decided to add a very useful tool that will prevent you from getting lost in case you don’t know a place. It’s about the thumbtack. Although it has not been officially announced by the website of google mapshere we tell you what it is about.
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Remember that in order to have this new function of Google Maps it is not necessary to be a beta user, on the contrary, you will only have to update it from Google Play using this link.
How to activate the new function of Google Maps
- As you know, Google Maps helps us many times to know where we are.
- It can even tell us which places to travel safely.
- But now you’ve added a rather handy thumbtack.
- This allows us to know where we are as we begin to search the entire map.
- All we have to do is click on the app, especially our location, and we will see that a red icon will appear.
- When we navigate on the map, we will see that the pin also moves with us.
- In case you want to return to the point of origin, or to your main location, just press the thumbtack.
- This will take us to our home or to the place where we have marked.
- The truth is that it is quite easy to do it and you can try it first by just updating Google Maps on your Android phone.