Google Maps and Apple’s Maps app offer location-based directories and other tools for finding new places to explore, before or after you hit the road. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer does ...

First, Waze is a better app because it shows more traffic information. Look at these two screenshots closely. They show Google Maps and Waze indicating the same route from the same location and ...

Apple Maps, Waze, and the traffic reports all showed that everything was moving freely. The major highways were likely quieter than usual as so many Google Maps users were avoiding them.

Bumpy ride Google Maps can’t explain why it falsely labeled German autobahns as closed The glitch lasted a few hours but caused traffic jams on alternate routes.

Google Maps Go is a lighter, more basic version of Google Maps. It weighs around 2MB, only requires the location permission, doesn’t send any notifications, and doesn’t need a super-fast ...

After announcing in March, Google Maps has rolled out a feature that can scan screenshots on your iPhone and save any found locations. With this Gemini-powered capability, Google wants to ...

We’re seeing this full sheet redesign rolled out with the stable version (25.16) of Google Maps for Android today. It should eventually come to the iPhone and iPad.

Apple Offline maps came to Apple Watch in 2023 as part of WatchOS 10. And they were improved in 2024’s WatchOS 11 with turn-by-turn guidance. It’s still quite limited and clumsy, though.

Google Maps – Search and History screen Symbols The search screen is another popular and widely used screen in Google Maps; here is what symbols and icons mean on this screen. The back Button is ...

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...

Google is among the first companies to rename maps from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. Other software leaders, like Apple Maps, are starting to follow suit.