Hi Blitto, The short answer: Google Maps doesn’t use much mobile data at all when navigating. In our experiments, it’s about 5 MB per hour of driving. Most of Google Maps data use is incurred when initially searching for the destination and charting a course (which you can do on Wi-Fi). There are ways to ensure Google Maps doesn’t use any mobile data at allwhen driving.
So how much data does Google Maps use? The long answer: Google Maps only doesn’t need much data to get you where you need to go. That’s good news; for how useful the service is, you might expect it to use much more than the miserly 5 MB per hour. You’ll note we said navigation; if you pull over en route to search Google Maps for, say, somewhere to go for lunch, you’re obviously going to be using more than the approximate 5 MB per hour. However, if you’ve downloaded an area map for offline use, you can perform this search without using any mobile data. It’s a useful and relatively recent addition to Google Maps.Google Maps only doesn’t need much data to get you where you need to go. That’s good news; for how useful the service is, you might expect it to use much more than the miserly 5 MB per hour. https://ting.com/blog/how-much-data-does-google-maps-use/ Kind Regards, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 29 Jun 2019, at 11:39 am, Rod Blitvich <rb...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Hi Folks > Iphone X ON 2 GB plan > If I download the maps (google maps) then drive for 12 hours running Google > Maps the entire time with phone NOT on Airplane mode - will this use my data > up? > thanks > Blitto > > <image.gif> > > Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Good Ideas > 0409 681 256 > rb...@iinet.net.au > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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