The battle in the navigation space is indeed fiercer than it was 10 years ago, but Google Maps and Waze continue to dominate this market. In addition to many other benefits offered to mobile users, ...

While I wasn't looking to replace Google Maps, the idea of a privacy-focused navigation app certainly appealed to me. When I stumbled upon Magic Earth, an alternative that costs just $0.99 on iOS and ...

Whether you're using the speedometer in your car or using the speed display in Google Maps, you might wonder which is more ...

MapQuest is back, and a new CarPlay version is now available for Apple users; the new version has already been published on ...

Did you know that Google Maps has a robust custom map creation tool? I don’t blame you if you don’t; Google doesn’t exactly make it easy to discover or use. Nevertheless, My Maps allows users to ...

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Google Maps suffered an outage that left the mobile version of the service unable to fully load its map or provide directions. Over 4,000 reports were filed on Downdetector since the outage started, ...

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

Fresh off major upgrades to its R1S SUV and R1T pickup, Rivian is now set to launch a software update of its onboard navigation system to include Google Maps data — both for the new vehicles it's ...

Google Maps will get a nifty new upgrade with the continued rollout of the Material 3 (M3) Expressive update, the Android creator’s new visual identity that it’s slowly pushing to its suite of apps.

In a rare outage, Google Maps is down and will not load as of 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. This is impacting the Android and iOS apps. The map layer itself — regardless of location — is not properly loading ...