When you want to go somewhere, use Google Maps to find your way. Google Maps has become synonymous with navigation, whether you use an Android smartphone or a Wear OS smartwatch. Google continues to ...

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UPDATE (December 1, 2025): Google Maps has received a number of new features recently, including Gemini integration. Read more about it at the end of the article. Summary: Google Maps, the company’s ...

Google launched Gemini upgrades to Google Maps. You can use Talk to Google Maps to find your destination. You can use Lens to learn more about your current location ...

Google Maps' main feature remains navigation and directions, but nobody would blame you if you were using it increasingly more to discover places around you. It's very easy to do and a tool that can ...

Google is launching a new collaboration with location intelligence company Esri that will provide new advanced mapping technology. The collaboration, announced on Monday, will give Esri access to ...

With the amount of on-the-ground and satellite data it has amassed along with its ability to give real-time traffic updates, Google Maps is heralded as one of the best navigation apps, especially for ...

When you're planning a trip with friends, there's a good chance your group chat will be full of links to and screenshots of places you want to visit or cafés you want to hit. To help you keep track of ...

Most iPhone users likely default to Apple Maps for their travel navigation needs, not only because it comes preinstalled in the mobile device, but it's got a pretty easy to use interface. Upon ...

Before the age of generative AI, I used to rely on Google search whenever I had to travel. I'd look up information about the neighborhood I was staying in, load public transit sites, and read about ...

But with the Google Maps location data from Android smartphones, something else is possible: You can see at a glance where you have been particularly often and where you rarely go. This is made ...