
Click on Add to Chrome button to add App Launcher for Google Maps extension to your Chrome browser.
#OPEN GOOGLE MAPS OFFLINE#
For now, try the alternative below or use Google Maps on your mobile phone to download offline maps). Open Google Chrome and go to this page ( Update: It seems the developer has removed the extension from Chrome store.So, it supports everything the standard Google Maps does. The main functionality of the app is to launch Google Maps. It does also loads faster than you normally loading Google Maps from a browser window. The concept of this chrome’s extension is to provide users a much more easy way to access Google Maps. It allows users to open Google Maps that is separate from a browser tab or window, as if you are opening Google Maps individually as an app. The easier way to open Google Maps is by adding this extension called App Launcher for Google Maps to your Chrome browser. App Launcher for Google Maps (no longer works)
#OPEN GOOGLE MAPS HOW TO#
For now, if you need offline maps, you can try to use Windows Map instead (read below to learn how to install Windows Map on Windows 10/11). It may be possible in the future if Google decides to add the feature in the Google Maps PWA. When you open the app, Google Maps will be opened on its own window like a standalone app.Īs for how to download offline maps for Google Maps PWA, it is currently still not possible to do so on the Google Maps PWA on Windows. The screenshot below shows how it looks like after pinning Google Maps to the taskbar.Īs for Microsoft Edge, here’s a screenshot that shows where the install button is to install Google Maps app as PWA on Windows 11/10.Īfter installing Google Maps on Edge, you can pin it to Start or taskbar on Windows 10/11 by following the same steps in the instruction above.

To do so, click on Start, right-click on Google Maps, then select Pin to Start, or More > Pin to taskbar.
