We spotted a change being tested in Google Maps that may let you choose your car avatar from the settings instead of mid-trip.

Google Maps offers one of the best and most reliable navigation experiences on smartphones, whether you use Android or iOS. But the app experience is only as good as the user's knowledge. It's not ...

The default Google Maps configuration serves its purpose very well, allowing users to navigate to a specific address out of the box. And yet, this doesn’t necessarily mean Google Maps can’t be better.

Between Waze and Maps' custom vehicle icon functionality, though, there's currently only one major difference. On Waze, users ...

It's possible to change the Google Maps voice for directions by changing its language settings. The process is different for ...

The search giant has reportedly started enabling the ability to send traffic reports in Google Maps on smaller screens ...

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Looking through version 25.41.03.815390258 (beta) of Google Maps, Android Authority successfully activated the Gemini ...

Google Maps offers a timeline view on an opt-in basis that makes it easy for you to go back into the past, checking out the places you’ve been to. It looks like a timeline like this might soon make it ...

T here's one feature of Google Maps that I overlooked for a long time. Tucked away in my settings, I stumbled upon the Timeline almost by accident. Yet it had been there, quietly working away in the ...