Offline maps coming soon to Google Maps


Google announced Tuesday it has begun rolling out offline maps:

Now you can download an area of the world to your phone, and the next time you find there's no connectivity--whether it's a country road or an underground parking garage--Google Maps will continue to work seamlessly. Whereas before you could simply view an area of the map offline, now you can get turn-by-turn driving directions, search for specific destinations, and find useful information about places, like hours of operation, contact information or ratings.

Google said it is first slowly rolling the feature out to Android app with the iOS app to follow.