--- title: "Google Maps" description: "Google Maps is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 550 installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated June 4, 2026." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/pnbruckner-ha-google-maps" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/pnbruckner-ha-google-maps.md" last-updated: "2026-10-22" version: "1.4" --- # Google Maps > Google Maps is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 550 installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated June 4, 2026. Google Maps is a custom integration that tracks the locations people share with a Google account. It creates device tracker entities for everyone who has shared their location with the configured account, and can optionally add a tracker for the account itself. It also provides an online binary sensor. Authentication relies on a cookies file uploaded for each Google account, and the integration connects to Google's cloud. Options cover a maximum GPS accuracy in meters, which sets when a location counts as inaccurate, and an update period. Repair notices appear for duplicate email addresses and for cookies that are expiring soon. Existing YAML entries from the legacy built-in setup must be removed first, and it is added through the UI. Automatic summary of the README and code of pnbruckner/ha-google-maps. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact) Not in the Marketplace catalog. Add as a custom repository in the Marketplace. ## Supports - **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor. - **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS. - **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months. ## Setting it up Add its repository to the Marketplace as a custom repository and install it, then restart Home Assistant and add it under Settings, Devices and services. ### Account Tracker Entity - **Create tracker entity for account holder** ### Cookies File - **Update cookies** ### Upload Cookies File - **Cookies file** ### Use Existing Cookies File - **Use existing cookies file** ### GPS Accuracy Limit - **Maximum GPS accuracy (meters)** ### Update Period - **Update period** ### Google Maps Account - **Email address** ### After setup - **Create tracker entity for account holder** - **Maximum GPS accuracy (meters)** - **Update period** Texts from the code of [pnbruckner/ha-google-maps](https://github.com/pnbruckner/ha-google-maps). ## Entities - **Binary sensors**: online ## Troubleshooting - **Repair notices**: Notices it can show in Settings, Repairs: Duplicate Email Addresses, Google Maps Cookies Expiring Soon ## From the README > This is a custom version of the Home Assistant built-in Google Maps integration. > > IMPORTANT: Before using this custom integration, all "legacy" YAML configuration entries and associated entries in known\_devices.yaml must be removed. From the README of [pnbruckner/ha-google-maps](https://github.com/pnbruckner/ha-google-maps#readme), [The Unlicense](https://spdx.org/licenses/Unlicense.html). Shortened. ## At a glance - Kind: Marketplace integration - Category: [Presence and location](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/presence-and-location.md), Trackers - Brand: [Google](https://vulpo.app/integrations/google.md) - Number: 550 installs sharing analytics; 123 GitHub stars - Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud - Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months - Needs: Added as a custom repository in the Marketplace - Latest version: 2.0.3, last updated June 4, 2026 - Domain: `google_maps` - Source: - Issues: In Vulpo: Apple Watch, Entity card (read-only) ## Other ways in for Google | Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Google Translate text-to-speech](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/google-translate.md) | Built-in integration | 524k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [Google Cast](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/cast.md) | Built-in integration | 288k installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Part of Home Assistant | | [Google Calendar](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/google.md) | Built-in integration | 42.6k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [Google Gemini](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/google-generative-ai-conversation.md) | Built-in integration | 36.3k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [Google Nest](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/nest.md) | Built-in integration | 21.3k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation. [About these numbers](https://vulpo.app/integrations/about) Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/pnbruckner-ha-google-maps --- - HTML version of this page: https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/pnbruckner-ha-google-maps - Site index for agents: https://vulpo.app/llms.txt - Everything in one document: https://vulpo.app/llms-full.txt - All pages: https://vulpo.app/sitemap.xml