Plus Codes in Google Maps make it easy to share any location, no address needed

As Google says, it’s like sharing a phone number

Sharing your physical location should be easy, right? But that doesn’t work out when your home doesn’t have a clearly defined address like it’s the case in many Asian countries. Google proposed using short ‘Plus Codes’ to tackle this unaddressed problem about five years back, but the feature didn’t really take off as it all felt a bit cumbersome. To fix that, Google Maps is bringing an easier way to share your current location as a Plus Code and without having to rely on your traditional mailing address.

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Plus Codes in Google Maps make it easy to share any location, no address needed was written by the awesome team at Android Police.


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