How does Google knows where have you been, even if you aren’t connected to any network? (No mobile data or wi-fi)

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I’m currently traveling in Europe and I don’t have roaming on my cellphone, but somehow Google maps manage to know where I have been as soon as I connect to the hotel wi-fi.

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Every WiFi hot-spot has a location associated with it. You can get location data even with GPS turned off. That’s why your phone sometimes asks to turn on WiFi to improve location accuracy

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