TomTom has announced plans to incorporate Google Maps into its sat nav hardware.

The idea is to let users plan, say, a long trip to visit the mother-in-law on their PC using Google Maps, building in stops for points of interest or petrol stations along the way.

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The result is a route saved in a format TomTom's PC-based Home software understands, allowing it to be sent from there to the sat nav hardware.

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Users will be able to view the locations on their TomTom box, provided they’ve bought maps for for the right country, and save it as a favourite location too.

TomTom’s not yet said when or where it will officially launch the service.

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