How Google Maps Helps You Avoid Tolls
Google uses information from local governments and real-time feedback from other users to gather information about all roads between your starting point and your destination. Through these sources, Google gets information about tolls, whether roads are under construction, if there’s an accident, and more. If a road is impassable for any reason, Google Maps will reroute you using an alternate route. But unless you configure Google Maps to avoid any toll roads, your route may include them. It’s very easy to do this, but you’ll need to instruct Google Maps to avoid tolls whenever your planning each route. Or you can change overall settings to avoid tolls all the time.
How to Avoid Tolls on Google Maps on Desktop Browser
When you’re using Google Maps on a desktop browser, you’ll need to switch Google Maps to avoid tolls after creating your route. Once you finish this procedure, Google Maps will reroute your trip with alternative routes to bypass all toll roads.
How to Avoid Tolls on Google Maps on the Mobile App
You can also configure Google Maps to avoid tolls when you create a route using the Google Maps mobile app. When you submit this change, Google Maps will update the route so it doesn’t include any toll roads.
Always Avoid Tolls on Google Maps
In the Google Maps mobile app, you can update a setting in your profile so the app will always avoid tolls. This means you won’t have to update the setting every time you map a new route. With this setting enabled, any new route you launch will always use alternative roads so you can always avoid tolls while you’re traveling.
