You will soon be able to use Google Maps along with its voice directions, offline. Finally.
The feature, one of the many surprises announced at this year's Google I/O conference, is most likely to roll out at the end of this year.
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What this means for us is that we'll be able to browse reviews, opening hours and get directions (obviously) at any time and place, including when in airplane mode.
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Google is reportedly introducing it in order to help those in the developing world who have unreliable access to data.
We're pretty sure however, that spotty data is a 'first world problem' that will make all of us grateful for the offline friendly Google Maps.