[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.