Today I discovered a useful trick to zoom out and in of Google Maps

Did you already know that Google Maps has a nifty little trick that allows you to modify zoom with only one finger? Because I positive as hell didn’t till yesterday, when a tweet from Sketchfab CEO Alban Denoyel alerted me to its existence by way of a years-old YouTube video from 2013. The shortcut is easy: simply double-tap the maps interface, however as an alternative of lifting your finger after the second faucet (the shortcut for zooming in), you permit it touching the display screen. Then a swipe up zooms out, and a swipe down zooms in. Neat proper?

With this information you may say goodbye to awkwardly holding the cellphone and making an attempt to make use of two fingers to reposition the map to test your instructions when your different hand is busy holding a canine leash, espresso cup, purchasing bag, or no matter. Personally I’m wanting ahead to utilizing it the following time I’m on a motorbike and have to whip out my cellphone to shortly test instructions. No extra taking each palms off the handlebars for this man. No sir.

I haven’t accomplished an exhaustive search, nevertheless it appears to be like like this function is fairly commonplace throughout mapping apps. It works on Google Maps on each Android and iOS, and likewise works in different iOS mapping apps like Apple Maps and CityMapper. Have enjoyable!