While you can download directions for anywhere from anywhere else, Google Maps has a separate feature for downloading offline maps for your current area. This is helpful if you’re already out in the ...

The fix for this problem is ridiculously simple, and Google already has it. Google Maps has an " Open now " filter that ...

The Google Maps app for Wear OS now automatically launches when you start navigation, but only when you actually need it.

If you’ve ever started walking or biking directions on your phone only to squint at a tiny arrow on your wrist, Google just ...

Google Maps on your Pixel Watch will now auto-open full screen when you start walking or cycling directions on your phone.

The usual style of Google Maps navigation overlay shrinks the app into a floating picture-in-picture (PiP) window. It hovers ...

Google has been testing Live Updates for its Android mapping app for a while now, but some beta users are seeing a new look.

Google Maps may soon get Live Updates support, a feature that was introduced with Android 16. The testing is limited to ...

Before Google Maps and smartphones, people used printed maps, often from a site called MapQuest. What's happened to the company in the years since?