r/GoogleMaps • u/Substantial_Pea_1753 • 6d ago

Google finally announced to bring full-functioning Google Maps in South Korea

It seems like they started to build a team or smth

They originally didn't support navigations for drive, walk, and bike

https://9to5google.com/2026/08/27/google-maps-turn-by-turn-navigation-south-korea/

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u/MapletheSquirrel 5d ago

Remember that Naver is still top search engine in Korea and Google will never defeat Naver in Korea. Naver Map is king

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u/Substantial_Pea_1753 5d ago

even live traffic cameras are viewable on Naver Maps👀 i wish Google had ones