Google Maps offers one of the best and most reliable navigation experiences on smartphones, whether you use Android or iOS. But the app experience is only as good as the user's knowledge. It's not ...

The default Google Maps configuration serves its purpose very well, allowing users to navigate to a specific address out of the box. And yet, this doesn’t necessarily mean Google Maps can’t be better.

You probably open Google Maps almost every day — to find a café, dodge traffic, or plan a weekend hike. But beyond the usual ...

Google announced big changes to its most legally fraught set of user settings: your location data. Google’s misleading Location History descriptions in Google Maps have earned it several lawsuits in ...

But even with all that loyalty, there are a few Google Maps features I keep safely turned off. Some because they don’t fit ...

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Google Maps continues to get new features and updates more often than you’d think, and if you haven’t been paying attention, you might have missed a number of changes that can make getting around a ...

Google has made it possible for almost every language-speaking individual to use its apps and smartphone easily. And now, Google Maps lets you set the in-app language, which differs from the language ...

Google Maps offers a timeline view on an opt-in basis that makes it easy for you to go back into the past, checking out the places you’ve been to. It looks like a timeline like this might soon make it ...

You can also choose to set Google Maps' location permissions to "Always," which gives the app persistent access to your ...