Google Maps is getting three new features intended to help you coordinate your plans like checking out a landmark without leaving your house or keeping tabs on your friends locations at a festival.

With new features like Immersive View and search with Live View, Google’s looking to go beyond a static top-down map With new features like Immersive View and search with Live View, Google’s looking ...

Google's 3D "immersive view" isn't completely ready, but you can get a glimpse of it starting today. The company is rolling out updates to Google Maps for Android and iOS that introduce aerial views ...

Google Maps' Immersive View is now officially launched. The newest feature comes a bit late as it was promised to release in late 2022. Despite this, Immersive View debuted in five cities across three ...

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At I/O in May, Google announced a 3D immersive view for Maps that would let you see the world in a whole new way. As a first step toward it, the company is rolling out “photorealistic aerial views” of ...

The new feature, introduced at Google I/O 2022, gives a rotating 3D view of cities from the air, with live traffic and weather. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces. Over ...

An intriguing new feature has been added to Google Maps to explore select cities as if you were a bird flying through the sky. Dubbed Immersive View, the feature utilizes Google’s satellite images and ...

Since its launch in 2005, Google Maps has become an invaluable tool for navigating around the world. Over time, innovations have been added to improve the service, like Street View’s on-the-ground ...

If you've ever looked up a restaurant on Google Maps, you may get an idea of the menu and the decor. But it can be tricky to anticipate what the experience of eating there will be like. Will it feel ...

The latest Google Maps updates will also bring glanceable directions to your lock screen and new features for EV drivers. Katie is a UK-based news reporter and features writer. Officially, she is CNET ...