Google Maps is preparing a new “Power saving mode” behind the scenes on its Android app, which does away with color and only shows the absolutely essential details in exchange for improving your battery life.
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T-Mobile’s “T-Satellite” service is now making it possible to do more than just call or text. The recent rollout upgrades internet access so users can access a variety of apps on their Android device, wherever they are.
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Google Maps has updated two key buttons for location and directions that people interact with constantly throughout the day.
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Since the Pixel 10 and Android 16 launch, the pace of M3 Expressive updates has slowed down, but Google Maps is readying some tweaks.
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In a rare outage, Google Maps is down and will not load as of 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. This is impacting the Android and iOS apps.
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For many, Google is synonymous with seemingly healthy features suddenly deleted from existence. There’s some truth to it, but one of the crucial changes I’ve taken issue with isn’t in the absence of features; it’s in the convolution. Specifically, in the privacy changes made to Google Maps Timelines.
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Google Maps for Wear OS has always been a handy tool, but countless times using it to navigate a city on foot or by bike has often led to a headache for me. That’s why I’m thrilled that Google Maps for Wear OS now automatically launches, but only when you need it to.
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After the deprecation of Assistant Driving Mode earlier this year, Google Maps is now missing media playback controls for YouTube Music and Spotify on Android.
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Rivian today announced a partnership with Google Maps on a new navigation system for its electric vehicles.
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Google has launched its first Android Auto 14.8 update in beta which sets the stage of the death of Assistant and arrival of Gemini, while also apparently bringing a useful tweak to Google Maps.
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Available now, select Garmin smartwatches are picking up an official Google Maps app that, of course, is free to download.
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Google Maps is perhaps one of the most influential apps ever, with the service having been available for two decades now. But what if it had launch a bit earlier? A fun new design video imagines what Google Maps would have looked like on those old, iconic Nokia phones in the early 2000s.
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Google Maps is beta testing a Material 3 Expressive redesign of its watch app ahead of Wear OS 6.
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Google Maps may soon have a new look in your car to match its native OS with a new Android Automotive ability that will start with Polestar vehicles.
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If something about Google Maps on Android and iOS looks different to you, it’s because the logo that appears in the bottom-left corner of every single map has been updated.
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An issue with Google Maps as of late has left users without the ability to see alternate routes on the mobile app and car platforms such as Android Auto.
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New updates to Google Maps have made it possible to show a custom car icon during navigation through both Android Auto and CarPlay. Here’s how it works.
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After announcing in March, Google Maps has rolled out a feature that can scan screenshots on your iPhone and save any found locations.
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Google has officially confirmed that the Assistant “Driving Mode” bar that appears at the bottom of Google Maps navigation on Android is no longer available.
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After testing got underway earlier this year, Google Maps for Android is widely rolling out a redesign of the “You” and “Contribute” tabs that embrace sheets.
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In February of 2024, Google Assistant Driving Mode was pared back to basically be a voice bar, but in recent days it has disappeared entirely from Google Maps on Android.
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Google Maps is detailing its 2024 progress in “preventing and taking down deceptive content,” which includes adding fake review warnings.
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Google Maps has made a small redesign to the heavily used directions interface that provides an overview of trip details.
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Ahead of the busy summer season, Google is rolling out a handful of planning and travel tools across Maps (like a handy Gemini screenshots feature) and Search.
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