{"id":85968,"date":"2016-03-02T18:23:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T16:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=85968"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:03:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:03:54","slug":"google-maps-finally-introduces-the-feature-youve-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-maps-finally-introduces-the-feature-youve-been-waiting-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps finally introduces the feature you&#8217;ve been waiting for!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Google Maps<\/strong> has recently introduced the feature that many of us have been waiting for: the ability to make stops.<\/p>\n<p>This useful function has been available of <strong>Android<\/strong> for a few weeks, and has proved the perfect aid if you&#8217;re planning a  long trip and want to make a few stops to either refuel, or simply take a  breather. During your <strong>planned route<\/strong>, Google can help you make the right stops in the best places, and can even <strong>recommend anything worth doing or seeing<\/strong> in the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<h3>How it works:<\/h3>\n<p>When planning your car route, <strong>Google<\/strong> can suggest places such as the cheapest place to buy gasoline, nearby service stations and even popular tourist attractions. <strong>You can plan your journey so that it works automatically<\/strong>, allowing <strong>Google to alert you<\/strong> when you get close to any of the stops you have planned on route.<\/p>\n<p>This  option is great if you have a hefty car journey ahead of you, and will  also surprise you with things you may not have even been aware \u00a0of  before setting off. <strong>Anything to make journeys much more bearable eh? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-85969\" title=\"164-1-51fe9cc1e9feac6a45108a1408821306\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/164-1-51fe9cc1e9feac6a45108a1408821306-568x321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"568\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/164-1-51fe9cc1e9feac6a45108a1408821306-568x321.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/164-1-51fe9cc1e9feac6a45108a1408821306-256x144.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/164-1-51fe9cc1e9feac6a45108a1408821306.jpg 640w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/164-1-51fe9cc1e9feac6a45108a1408821306-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/164-1-51fe9cc1e9feac6a45108a1408821306-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/164-1-51fe9cc1e9feac6a45108a1408821306-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/164-1-51fe9cc1e9feac6a45108a1408821306-370x208.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Maps has recently introduced the feature that many of us have been waiting for: the ability to make stops. This useful function has been available of Android for a few weeks, and has proved the perfect aid if you&#8217;re planning a long trip and want to make a few stops to either refuel, or &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-maps-finally-introduces-the-feature-youve-been-waiting-for\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Google Maps finally introduces the feature you&#8217;ve been waiting for!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":85970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2346],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-85968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-maps"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329266,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85968\/revisions\/329266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85968"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=85968"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=85968"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=85968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}