Plus Codes originally launched in 2018, Plus Codes has now come to 18 countries across the Mena region including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and more.
The tool simply lets people share where they are — even if there isn’t an address. Google uses latitude and longitude co-ordinates to display a short sequence of numbers and letters that provide an accurate location when clicked on.
The Plus Codes are also accessible offline and can be used to share any type of location such as a home, a store or a meeting place.
When saving an address on Google Maps, users will see a new “use your current location” option that uses their phone’s location to generate a Plus Code (if the location precision meets minimum thresholds) which they can then share.
There’s also a section at the top of the Saved tab to make it easier to retrieve, copy and share these home addresses.
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