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title: GPS Calibration Android
description: How to calibrate GPS to get the most accurate location.
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# GPS Calibration Android

## How to calibrate GPS to get the most accurate location.

- **Turn the Google Location Accuracy on**

Step 1: Open the Settings app on your phone and tap Location

![](https://support.mapall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-1.png?width=230&height=442&name=image-png-1.png)

Step 2: Go to Location services and tap on Google Location Accuracy

![](https://support.mapall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-2.png?width=473&height=361&name=image-png-2.png)

 Step 3: Toggle on the switch next to Improve Location Accuracy

![](https://support.mapall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-3.png?width=277&height=395&name=image-png-3.png)

 

- **Calibrate the Compass**

Step 1: Launch the Google Maps app on your phone.

Step 2: Tap the blue dot icon on the map showing your current location. If you can’t find it, tap on your location option on the bottom right.

![](https://support.mapall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-4.png?width=265&height=458&name=image-png-4.png)

 Step 3: Then tap on the Calibrate option

![](https://support.mapall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-15-2022-11-18-32-5548-AM.png?width=297&height=337&name=image-png-Dec-15-2022-11-18-32-5548-AM.png)

 Step 4: You’ll need to tilt and move your phone. You might have to do this a few times until the Compass accuracy improves. After that, Google Maps should become more accurate than earlier.

![](https://support.mapall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-15-2022-11-19-07-9563-AM.png?width=240&height=430&name=image-png-Dec-15-2022-11-19-07-9563-AM.png)

- **Enable Bluetooth scanning on the Location setting to improve the location accuracy**

 Step 1: Open up the Settings app on your phone and head over to Location settings. Then tap on Location services.

![](https://support.mapall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-15-2022-11-19-44-0907-AM.png?width=448&height=423&name=image-png-Dec-15-2022-11-19-44-0907-AM.png)

 Step 2: Toggle on the switches next to Wi-Fi scanning and Bluetooth scanning.

![](https://support.mapall.com/hubfs/image-png-Dec-15-2022-11-19-59-8362-AM.png)

- **Give the location permission to Google map and Mapall app in the way that the access on the location Screen should be “Allow all the time”**

Step 1: Launch the Settings app on your phone and tap on Location.

Step 2: Go to App Permissions. You’ll find a list of apps categorized based on their location permissions.

Step 3: Tap on the particular app and ensure that the location permission for the app is set to ‘Allow all the time’ or ‘Allow only while using the app.’

Step 4: Lastly, turn on the Use precise location toggle to allow the app to detect your location accurately

![](https://support.mapall.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-15-2022-11-20-41-8512-AM.png?width=254&height=487&name=image-png-Dec-15-2022-11-20-41-8512-AM.png)

- **Please make sure your  Android devices is updated with Android API versions over 12.**

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