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You can easily save your home and work addresses for faster navigation by typing "home" or "work" into the search box.

Once you begin routing you can choose to avoid highways, tolls, or ferries. You can easily input your destination by using search or clicking Explore Nearby. The welcome screen is a map of your current location and you can choose Satellite, Terrain, and Google Earth views. Interface, Map Graphics, and POI Search I tested Google Maps using a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 running Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). (The Waze app is still available as a separate download.) Google Maps easily retains Editors' Choice for its robust mapping algorithms and point-of-interest (POI) database. After acquiring Waze last year, Google recently integrated the latter's crowd-sourced traffic data into Maps, so you can now enjoy free, live traffic updates. Living in New York City, I regularly use Maps for walking, biking, and transit, and when I leave town, I always lean on the app for driving directions. Whether you're driving, walking, taking public transit, or bicycling, Google Maps (free) can give you direction. "Google it" has become a common refrain when seeking answers to trivia, settling bar bets, and, perhaps, best of all, getting directions.