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 ...

Miller Kern is the Deputy Editor of Shopping and Reviews at Mashable, where she writes and edits reviews, roundups, deals, and news stories about tech products, including headphones, skincare devices, ...

My Maps is a hugely powerful custom maps creation tool that Google has forgotten about. Here's how I use it to level up ...

Maps have the ability to let you know where you’re at in-game, as well as give you a detailed lay of the land. So if you’re looking for a recipe on how to make a map, how to use it, or how to level up ...

What started as a simple habit of saving favorite spots has turned Google Maps into my ultimate city guide. By creating ...

Google is no stranger to discontinued tech. But the phasing out of Google Maps Driving Mode took many by surprise. You know that little black bar at the bottom of Google Maps on Android? Perhaps ...

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, ...

The release of the latest iOS update put Apple back on the map in the navigation space, with Apple Maps getting new incident reports for users running the app behind the wheel. Apple Maps has long ...

For most Android phones, the Google Play Store comes pre-installed, but in some cases—especially with devices from China, custom ROMs, or certain tablets—you may need to manually install it. Below are ...

Since the Pixel 10 and Android 16 launch, the pace of M3 Expressive updates has slowed down, but Google Maps is readying some tweaks. The carousel for Directions, Start, Ask (Gemini), Call, Save, ...

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 ...