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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 is testing new direction buttons in the local pack within the Google Search results. Normally, we see a "Directions" ...
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 is quietly testing Live Updates on Android 16, bringing real-time progress notifications to your lock screen, AOD, and status bar.
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?
Through vast cross-country stretches or tight city streets, Google Maps and Waze guide you where you need to go—but which one is the top map app? I put them head-to-head to find out.
Google Maps ships as the default navigation app on almost all Android phones, helping millions of users daily to check for directions, traffic status, and more. However, you can use Google Maps ...
Bloomberg via Getty Images Which Navigation App Is Best for Driving? In 2024, PC Mag named Google Maps the “Best Navigation App” for its balance of features, reliability, and ease of use.
Google Maps glitching during your daily commute? Transit directions are crashing the app for many, and there's still no fix in sight.
Navi Mumbai: A woman driving a car in Navi Mumbai fell into a ditch after blindly following route directions on Google Maps. The incident occurred near Belapur in Navi Mumbai late Friday night, around ...
Google Maps vs. Waze vs. Apple Maps: Which navigation app is best for driving in Texas? Which app should you choose to get you to your next destination?