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Save Locations in Google Maps on HTC One M8

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Hello and welcome to VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show you how to save a location in the Google Maps application on an HTC One M8.

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Steps

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To begin, turn the phone on by pressing the power button located on the top of the phone
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Once the phone has been activated, we will see the lock screen.

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To unlock the phone, swipe the screen upwards
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Once the phone has been unlocked, we will see the home screen, and at the bottom, we will see icons. This is the area that we need to focus on now, as we need to open up the applications folder.

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Press the icon located at the bottom of the home screen in the middle
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It looks like a grid of white dots. This icon will open up the applications folder.
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Find the Maps application
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It is located at the top of the screen. The icon looks like a map with a red pin inside. Underneath, it says the word "Maps". Press down on this icon and it will open up Google Maps. What we want to do now is to show how to save a location in this application.

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Drop a pin
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We can do this on any map, on any part of the world. We will press down on the screen and hold down until we see a pin drop.
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We can now see that there is a red pin, and at the bottom of the screen, we have the address
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It says "42 Zakaria Paliashvili St".

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Swipe the white address bar upwards
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Press down on the bar, hold down, and swipe up quickly.
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Now we have two options
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We have "SAVE" and "SHARE". We want the "SAVE" option with the blue star. Press down on "SAVE" and it will save that location. The star will turn yellow and it will say "SAVED". This means that we will always be able to access this location.

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Let's go to Your Places
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Go back by pressing the back arrow in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.
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Press the back arrow once more
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Now the pin has gone, but a yellow star remains
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That location will always be there. We have saved it.
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If we press down on the star, it gives us the information
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Bring up the menu
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Press the icon shaped like three horizontal lines in the top left-hand corner of the screen.
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Press down on "Your places" located at the top
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Note the section called "Saved places"
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It has the address "42 Zakaria Paliashvili St". It means we can access it at any time. This saves us time and is more efficient.
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This concludes our tutorial on how to save a location in the Google Maps application on an HTC One M8
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If you have any questions or comments about this video, or about the process that you have witnessed in this video, please leave them in the comments section below, and we shall answer them for you.
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