Google Tricks & Tips: Google Free Apps & Online — 20th Edition (2024)

Google’s app collection can do far more than many people use day to day. This illustrated 2024 guide takes a practical, task-by-task approach to services including Maps, Photos, YouTube, Drive and Docs, showing readers where to find useful tools and how to work through common tasks.

Rather than focusing on one app, the issue moves across Google’s wider ecosystem—from exploring places and sharing maps to editing photos, organizing files and creating documents. It’s a hands-on reference for curious users who want to get more familiar with the services covered.

Explore, plan and find your way

Early chapters look at sharing and embedding Google Maps, discovering additional map features, using Google Earth, and getting started with Translate and Flights. The step-by-step format makes it easier to follow a particular task without needing to read the issue straight through.

Make more of photos and video

Guidance on Google Photos includes getting started, making collages and animations, editing images, and organizing albums. The YouTube section covers the app, uploading videos and live streaming, giving readers a tour of several ways to use the platform.

Work across Google’s apps

The contents also take in Drive, Docs, Sheets, Drawings, Slides and Forms, followed by tutorials on Keep, Pay, the Play Store, Blogger and Google Cloud Print. Together, these sections offer a broad overview of the tools featured in the issue, with illustrated instructions to help readers follow along.

A practical, visual reference

Numbered steps and screenshots give the guide an approachable, instructional feel. Choose a chapter for a specific task, or browse across the issue to see what the different Google services can do. As this is a 2024 edition, some screens and service instructions may differ from current versions.