Don't have the Google Maps version to navigate offline? Here you can get it

Yesterday the arrival of a new version of the application was known Google Maps, one of the best known and most used of the Mountain View company. This is development 9.17, and with it as we indicated yesterday en Android Ayuda includes the possibility of surf without internet connection, a great advance that increases the usefulness of this work and that will “save the life of more than one user”. The fact is that it is now possible to download the corresponding APK to proceed with its manual installation.

This is good news, since in some regions the corresponding deployment has not yet begun (even some users where this is already happening indicate that the usual notice from the Play Store does not arrive on their terminals). The case is that with what we will indicate in this article it is possible not having to wait at all and to be able to enjoy offline navigation on Google Maps - as long as the maps are included on the company's server in the place where you are, so that they can be downloaded if desired.

By the way, once what is included in the new version of this development has been reviewed, apart from what is indicated and the usual bug fixes and performance improvements, in the Google Maps code you can see that everything is prepared to include More information in the data of the hotels (such as the offers in services they offer) or the prices of fuels such as diesel at the gas stations.

Download the APK

The point is that if you want to download the installation file with Google Maps 9.17 you may do so at this link. If you click on the Download button you will get the corresponding APK for you to run and follow the prompts on the screen. Once this is finished, the new version of the development is available (by the way, the requirements are low: Android 4.3 or higher and 28,26 MB of space on the target device).

Once this is done, you will be able to navigate without connection without problems (as long as the option to download the maps exists in your region). Mind you, try doing this with a WiFi connection anticipating events, since some take up a large amount of space if they refer to entire countries - there are options of up to 2,5 GB, so the use of microSD cards is more than recommended. By the way, the process to achieve all this is very simple, since you can search by countries, cities and locations. Once you have the desired location, you simply have to click on Download. One final detail: offline browsing and searching are possible, and updates are done automatically.