--- description: Google Maps makes holiday shopping easier by adding 'holiday hours' search. title: This Google Maps Update Will Save You During the Holidays image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Google Maps Update Will Save You During the Holidays by [Claire Groden / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Claire Groden / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 7, 2015 7:53 PM CUT by [Claire Groden / Fortune](/author/fortune/) ## Claire Groden / Fortune Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 7, 2015 7:53 PM CUT Never find yourself in the parking lot of a closed store again this holiday season. Google Maps announced in a [blog post](http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2015/11/tis-season-google-brings-holiday-hours%5F6.html "undefined") that it has added holiday hours to its Map and Search function, so if a store is closed for the holidays in the next seven days, your app will alert you. And if holiday hours aren’t listed, Google will remind you that the hours might not be as advertised. “If you want to find out what’s open as the holiday draws close, just search for a place and if the holiday hours are listed, you’ll see them,” the post wrote. _This_ [_article_](http://fortune.com/2015/11/06/google-maps-update/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Fortune.com_](http://fortune.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4103908/google-maps-holiday-hours-app/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4103908/google-maps-holiday-hours-app/"},"headline":"This Google Maps Update Will Save You During the Holidays","datePublished":"2015-11-07T19:53:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:55.133Z","description":"They've added holiday hours","url":"https://time.com/4103908/google-maps-holiday-hours-app/","keywords":["Tech","Google","apps","Google Maps","holiday shopping"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Claire Groden / Fortune"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4103908/google-maps-holiday-hours-app/","name":"This Google Maps Update Will Save You During the Holidays"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Balloons Will Bring Internet To Remote Areas Of Indonesia","description":"Alphabet's Project Loon aims to release giant balloons that will beam the Internet to millions of people across the islands of Indonesia.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Y3cND2Pq/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-10-29T15:03:29.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Y3cND2Pq.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4103908/google-maps-holiday-hours-app/","duration":"PT1M32S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4103908/google-maps-holiday-hours-app/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```