By Ben Schoon
Publication Date: 2025-12-09 15:40:00
Google Maps has recently rolled out a change where, at least on iOS, the app will automatically detect that you’ve parked your vehicle and save that location, and it will also now show it with a custom icon.
The ability to save your parking location in Google Maps is far from new. It’s taken a few forms over the years, including with a button on Android Auto that pops up when you reach your destination, something that’s been in the phone app for the better part of a decade.
Yet, it hasn’t been automatic until now.
As announced recently by Rio Akasaka, Senior Product Manager for Maps at Google, a new tweak allows the app to detect when you’ve parked at a location, automatically save it, and then remove that location after you start driving again. The feature, as Akasaka explains, works when you get “in a car with Google Maps and connect to your car” through USB, Bluetooth, or CarPlay. That last part is key because, as of now, this works only…