Chrome Autofill covers Autocomplete for Google Maps API v3

Question

I am using Google Maps Javascript v3 to setup autocomplete on an HTML input field like so:

http://imgur.com/Rm6X2FI.png - (w/out autofill)

The issue I\'m having

Answer 1

To quote Elmux's comment on answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/50927328/1350573 above:

With Chrome 71, I removed the attribute placeholder from the console, and it works automagically. If I change the attribute value for something else, it works too. Finally, avoid using the term 'Address' in the placeholder attribute. – Elmux

For me (30th December 2018, Chrome 71) this was the correct, but non-intuitive answer.