what3words: Navigation & Maps is a maps & navigation app developed by what3words.
Download Statistics
what3words: Navigation & Maps has been downloaded 42 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 86 thousand times. It is ranked #7 in maps & navigation.
User Ratings
what3words: Navigation & Maps is rated 3.07 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 45 thousand ratings.
App Information
what3words: Navigation & Maps is freely available from Google Play. The APK size is 101.54 MB. The latest APK version available is 5.10.4. The last update was on October 14, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The APK has been available on Google Play since July 2013.
Description by what3words(from Google Play)
what3words is an easy way to identify precise locations. Every 10ft square has been given a unique combination of three words: a what3words address. Now you can find, share and navigate to precise locations using three simple words.
Easy navigation, simple deliveries and more Use what3words to: - Help emergency services know exactly where to find you - especially in hard to describe locations or places with inaccurate addresses - Plan exact meet-up locations, simplifying navigation for you and others - Give car breakdown services your precise location - Navigate to any destination easily - Save your favorite memorable spots so you know how to navigate back to them - a viewpoint, waterfall or proposal location - Save key locations, from incident reporting to delivery entrances - Help people find your business or Airbnb - perfect for travelers tired of relying on inaccurate street addresses - Help people navigate to accessible entrances
Help others find and navigate to you what3words addresses are accepted by over 4,800 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Centers from across the United States, helping first responders locate and navigate to you easily and quickly. Businesses and hotels display what3words on their contact pages and booking confirmations - anywhere you would normally find location information: on maps, in guidebooks and more.
Discover your favorite new location app Popular features: - Find your current what3words address offline - Compatible with other navigation and map apps, including Google Maps and Apple Maps - Save your favorite locations and categorize them into lists - AutoSuggest prompts you with intelligent suggestions - Available in over 50 languages - Navigate offline with Compass mode - Add a what3words address to a photo - Wear OS support for smartwatch navigation
More accurate than street addresses, simpler than GPS coordinates Street addresses and postcodes aren’t accurate enough to specify exact locations - for navigation, deliveries and more. what3words is a more precise way to do so - and it’s also a more accessible way to communicate location information than latitude/longitude coordinates or GPS - in short, it’s a simple ‘geocode’.
Navigate adventures, big and small Offline navigation and compatibility with your favorite map apps - like Google Maps, Apple Maps and more - make what3words the perfect tool for daily trips and bigger adventures. - Walking somewhere unfamiliar? Use what3words to navigate to your precise destination stress-free - Find the perfect camping spot - and remember how to find it later - by saving the what3words location - Meetups made simple: help others find hiking trailheads, shop car parks, precise entrances and more by sharing the what3words location - Navigation couldn’t be easier with the what3words Compass, which guides you straight to where you need to be
If you experience any problems or have any questions, email us at support@what3words.com
Recent changes: what3words is now available for Android Auto. Connect your phone to your vehicle to get started.
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Comments on what3words: Navigation & Maps for Android
★★★★★T Chris· Oct 9, 2026
Great apps; try it out. I have, and after a couple of tries, it's so simple that it takes you straight to your map choice: Waze, Google Maps, or Copilot. If more people used this to show their address to friends or for delivery (especially in rural areas), I have missed so many farm entrances; and in areas that have no mobile signal, so it's a problem ringing people, you cannot find their place; it would lead there with no problem.
★★★★★Josh Lake· Oct 3, 2026
Gave the address to the police for a car crash. They knew exactly what to do. Brilliant, we wouldn't have known otherwise where we were as we were in the middle of Wales, on a country road. Probably made the situation 1000x quicker.
★★★★★Imran Khan· Jul 25, 2026
Haven't seen any other generally available method for such accurate location sharing. Also, as an amusement, I left the app running while my flight was taking off last summer. It was pretty interesting to see, but seemed to track pretty well. This app will always be on any mobile device I have from now on. Things to improve? I'd like to have an easier time tagging w3w location data to pictures I take. Unnecessarily difficult. 3,023 people found this helpful
★★★★★Lisa Scaife· Sep 28, 2026
This app enabled ambulance crews finding us off main roads in under 10 minutes following a motorcycle accident. Fully rated it and everyone should have it in case of an emergency
★★☆☆☆Jordan Barraclough· Oct 16, 2026
Was such a useful app before they brought in the adverts. When trying to respond to a cardiac arrest in a rural area, and the only information we have is a W3W address, it's really unhelpful to have an unskippable full screen advert (which is usually for a scam "your phone's security is compromised" advert) before it will allow you to navigate
★☆☆☆☆R· Aug 3, 2026
What a rubbish. This used to be an amazing app, but now you get a massive banner that takes up 25% of your screen and put the subscription right in front of your face, and have the courage to ask me to pay. I thought this was supposed to help people in emergency situations. There's pop-ups, and hard to confusing navigation. Glad to know that if I ever need a quick location, I'll have to fiddle around to try and tap on a tile to find the words. It's a joke, it's getting uninstalled. You ruined it!
★☆☆☆☆Richard Faull· Aug 7, 2026
I spoke to customer services about the change of adding of the intrusive ads, all I was told all the main features are now behind the pro versions. After looking at other new reviews, you have ruined a great safety app, just because you needed income from this. I used this when covid was around and the country had specialist mobile covid vehicles to which I was a Marshall and to pinpoint to entrance of venues for public to come for your tests. Great app in past now not worth using!
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