We’re a long way from the days when you had to pull a map from your car’s glove box, unfold it, and try to puzzle out your position. Now, your phone is your map and GPS device. Google has long been at ...

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Google’s new Immersive View for routes could make it a lot easier to visualize where you need to travel. Google’s new Immersive View for routes could make it a lot easier to visualize where you need ...

Navigation apps typically search for the fastest route to reach a destination, but new-generation updates added new capabilities, including support for eco-friendly routes. Google Maps can look for a ...

Google Maps is expanding the Immersive View format it revealed last year to an important part of the app: routes. When you look for directions in Google Maps on iOS and Android in select cities, ...

You can save a route in Google Maps with the "Pin" feature. Pinning a route or location lets you quickly find that route or directions to that spot again later. In the Google Maps Android app, you can ...

Google Maps is a navigation app that’s constantly evolving, and just as expected, the Mountain View-based search giant is working on all kinds of new-generation updates that align its software with ...

Google Maps has reportedly stopped offering real-time alternate route suggestions while driving. The issue seems to have cropped up in the last few weeks, likely due to a buggy update. Google has yet ...

Google Maps can suggest fuel-efficient driving routes that will save you gas money. If Google Maps finds a driving route that uses less gas without taking more time, it'll put you on that route. If ...