Google Maps and YouTube will be available offline later this year

Jun 2, 2015 - 06:41
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Google Maps and YouTube will be available offline later this year
Google announced its map and YouTube service will be available offline (Picture: AP)

Google Maps and YouTube are set to go offline.

 

The change to the apps, due to be implemented later this year, means users will no longer have to be connected to the inteet in order to get information on a route or to watch a video.

 

But there's a catch.

You'll have to save a jouey on Google Maps before you use it offline and any clips you want to view on YouTube will have to be streamed first, while you have a connection.

 

The videos will only be available for 48 hours.

 

‘With offline maps, you won't need to suck down expensive data or have super reliable connectivity every time you want to navigate somewhere,' said Google's vice president of engineering Jen Fitzpatrick.

 

The announcement was made at the Google I/O event in San Francisco last week.

 

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