[EspadaV9]

Wait, there's a setting for this? I've lived in Australia for over 16 years now but everything is still in miles instead of Kms and I have never been able to find a setting to change it (although it sounds like even if I did find itz it would be mostly useless).

[worthless-trash]

Ive lived in Australia for 45 years, everything is in km.. never had to touch it for miles. However i did go to the US and it showed units in miles on my phone which made no sense.

In Gmaps, Tap your profile picture, then select "Settings" and "Distance units". Choose between "Automatic", "Kilometers", or "Miles".

Pick the units you want.

[EspadaV9]

I got the app wrong, it was Uber. I have my phone set to English (UK) and change the measurement system to metric. Uber doesn't respect that though, so it keeps using miles.

[stevesimmons]

That's in the mobile app. In the web browser, there's no such setting. Or at least, none that I can find.

[worthless-trash]

Bottom right, left click on the scale.. |----------|

It "seems" persistent for me.

[Symbiote]

It could be using your phone/browser language settings; try English (Australia) rather than English (United States).

[EspadaV9]

Ah, thank you, this was it. I had the language set to English (UK), but changed the distance setting to KM. I got the app wrong, it was Uber, and Uber doesn't respect the override, so it always uses miles. Changing it to English (Australia) and Uber switches KM.