Google Maps for iPhone can now scan your screenshots to save places

Abner Li | May 7 2025 - 5:09 pm PT

After announcing in March, Google Maps has rolled out a feature that can scan screenshots on your iPhone and save any found locations.

With this Gemini-powered capability, Google wants to streamline how people screenshot places they find on the web, social media, etc. Instead of users having to manually return to their gallery, remember the name, and then open Maps to search for the location, Maps will automatically identify those places and save them to a list.

Make sure you’re using the latest version of Google Maps and go to the “You” tab. “Screenshots” will appear as a new private list, with a fun demo tutorial playing.

When you take a screenshot that includes location information, like names and addresses, Google will automatically detect them and pull up the Maps listing. A “Review” interface will highlight identified places and let you “Save” or “Don’t Save.” It will be added to the Screenshots list, and you can easily move them to other collections.

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Auto-scan — if you “Allow Access to All Photos” — will automatically find new screenshots with locations and place them in a carousel for you to review. Alternatively, you can browse your gallery and manually import images for review. There’s a prominent “Turn on/off auto-scan” button underneath the screenshots carousel.

This is available now in Google Maps for iOS (US English), and will come to Android in the future.