A nice quality-of-life improvement for Google Maps on Android and iOS are new stair “callouts” when getting walking directions.
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From Gemini to a new location for weather and the teal accent color, Google Maps has seen a number of changes recently, with the latest being a new system for version numbers.
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Last December, Google announced a big change to how Maps Location History works. Your location “Timeline” is now being stored on your phone, with Google Maps still rolling out this update.
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Ahead of the holiday season, Google Maps is rolling out a handful of new features, like reporting transit delays.
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Earlier this year, Google Maps started showing the weather in the top-left corner, but that’s now being moved to another part of the Android app.
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With over 2 billion monthly users, Google Maps is adding Gemini to power a trio of experiences that do seem quite useful on Android and iOS.
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In addition to Gemini for search, summaries, and Q&A, Google Maps for Android and iOS are getting updates to improve the entire driving experience “from start to finish.”
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During Alphabet’s Q3 2024 earnings, CEO Sundar Pichai shared that Google Maps is the “latest product to surpass the 2 billion user milestone.”
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Google and Ford have collaborated on big updates for Android Auto on the automaker’s electric vehicles for routing and finding charging stations.
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Google Maps and Waze both have features that allow users to report police activity along their route, and in a bid to use that for safety, the Illinois State Police has partnered with Google to show the locations of traffic stop or other activity as reported by the police themselves.
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Android Automotive is getting feature parity with Auto as live incident reporting in Google Maps is rolling out right now for the in-car OS.
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Google has finally brought its useful incident reporting feature from Maps to Android Auto, but if you’re not seeing it yet, it might be due to a frustrating design constraint.
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Google Maps makes navigating to your destination easy, and Android Auto makes that even easier while you’re behind the wheel. But if you’re trying to look ahead, there’s a handy little trick that lets you see upcoming directions while en route.
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After years of us calling for the feature to be added and over two months after it was announced, Google Maps is finally rolling out support for incident reporting on Android Auto.
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Recent updates to Google Maps on Android Auto have made it easier to use and edit your home and work addresses, including helping to surface those presets if you’ve not used them before.
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Google is starting to take fake reviews procured by certain businesses seriously. A new feature will showcase a warning on Google Maps when a business listing has recently had fake reviews removed.
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Google Maps is getting sharper satellite imagery and more Street View content, while Google Earth will soon let users access more historical imagery.
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Google Maps has long supported the ability to show which lane you should be in, but an update to Android Auto is making lane guidance more obvious and easier to read too.
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It’s been a long road, but incident reports are finally coming to Google Maps on Android Auto. As the full rollout takes its sweet time, we’re finally getting a closer look at how the functionality will actually work.
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Google Maps is picking up a couple of new features on Android Auto, with a new and much easier way to add a stop on your route.
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Over the past few hours, there have been more than a few reports of Google Maps for Android crashing.
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After rolling out the simplified bottom bar on mobile, a Google Maps redesign of pins introduces new colors and shapes.
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After coming to Android in late July, the Google Maps bottom bar redesign, which aims to make the app a bit cleaner, is now on the iPhone.
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As announced with the Pixel Watch 3, Google Maps for Wear OS is already rolling out offline support.
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