How do I send a Google Maps route to my mobile?

[Discendo Discimus]

Hi folks,

I'm going on a trip to Wales with some friends in a couple of weeks. I've plotted the route on Google Maps and now need to send it to my phone to act as navigation.



The problem I have is that when I press the "send directions to your phone" link, it doesn't incorporate all of the stops and sends us directly from Point A to B with the fastest route.
We're taking a completely illogical and lengthy route so I can understand why Google would try to get us there quickly, but is there a way to upload this route onto my phone so it takes us the way we want to go?

Thanks, Tom

[Fore Left]

Two minutes on Google came up with this;

https://www.lifewire.com/make-custom-route-on-goog...

[Discendo Discimus]

Yep sorry, Mods feel free to delete this.
I wondered if there was an easier way of doing it without using a different site (my maps) and inputting the route again.

[KTMsm]

Thanks - that's just helped me - I gave up on Google maps years ago because of this and hadn't looked at it again

[Birky_41]

Be logged into google on the desktop

Once created there is a button to send to mobile? Thats what I do

(I didnt click that link)

[KTMsm]

Birky_41 said:

Be logged into google on the desktop

Once created there is a button to send to mobile? Thats what I do

(I didnt click that link)

But that doesn't work, it switches back to whichever route it thinks is fastest

[snagzie]

KTMsm said:

Birky_41 said:

Be logged into google on the desktop

Once created there is a button to send to mobile? Thats what I do

(I didnt click that link)

But that doesn't work, it switches back to whichever route it thinks is fastest

Yep, limitation of the feature last time I checked (over a year ago)

[8.4L 154]

You can send the route to your email and then open the link on your mobile and it will have the waypoints.

Well it does on my pixel for the route I planned recently.

Having said that I find it better and more reliable to send individual waypoints/segments to my phone, then set the start point to "your location" and make it an icon on the home screen (or a group/page) in the order of travel so they can be easily started from wherever you are on the route whenever you stop etc.

ETA you may need to set the first point of your route to "your location" once loaded from the email to be able to start navigation rather than just preview the route.

Edited by 8.4L 154 on Monday 12th June 12:30

[KTMsm]

There might be a difference in experience due to how people are creating routes

If say you want to go from London to Scotland via Birmingham Leeds Manchester as waypoints then that will carry across to your mobile

If however you simply drag the route on your desktop and then move it to your mobile it reverts back to the fastest route

[Discendo Discimus]

Is there an alternative that is any better?
I think I've plotted our route using Google MyMaps now but it was a ball ache.

There must be another app or service where you can plot a specific route. Failing that I'll do it the old fashioned way and print off directions and put them in a tank bank with a clear cover.

[KTMsm]

Discendo Discimus said:

There must be another app or service where you can plot a specific route

There are loads

I've used Calimoto & MyRouteApp but I now use OutdoorActive as that's what most of my TRF group use

[black-k1]

For route planning on roads it's hard to better MyRouteApp. It's good enough that, while there is a free version, I'm happy to pay for the Gold version.

[Discendo Discimus]

Thank you gents, Myrouteapp downloaded

[mattlacey]

Follow up question for those who do use Google Maps (though I'll try the options mentioned here now) - if you do set waypoints, is there a way to get the directions to continue to the next one wihtout having to hit "Continue" on the screen? Always try and ask it to continue on my headset but never works.