This Phone Charger Automatically Launches Google Maps When You Start the Engine
7 Dec 2020, 05:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / XCAN is a wireless charger car mount capable of automatically launching the navigation app of your choice when connecting the phone
How to Use Google Maps Like Waze and Send Traffic Reports on Android and iPhone
6 Dec 2020, 17:18 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google Maps allows users to send several traffic reports right from within the app; this a signature feature of Waze, another Google-owned app
This New Navigation App Works in Places Where Google Maps’ Magic Is Useless
6 Dec 2020, 16:10 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BRP launches its very own navigation app, and this one is aimed at snowmobile riders looking for offline and online directions on their routes
What Google Maps? New Navigation App for Android Auto Confirmed
6 Dec 2020, 14:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google and SK Telecom have worked together to bring the T Map navigation app to Android Auto; full launch due in the summer
Couple Spends Two Days in Car Stuck in Snow, Blames Navigation App
6 Dec 2020, 13:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Two travelers ended up stuck in the snow on a forest road after the navigation app they used found a faster route to a rental cabin
Google Maps Building Numbers Now Broadly Available on Android and iPhone
5 Dec 2020, 10:28 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This feature started rolling out in the second half of November, but now it looks like it’s finally available for all users in the supported regions
Improving Google Maps Is Everyone’s Responsibility Now, Not Just Google’s
5 Dec 2020, 07:03 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google starts allowing users to contribute to the Street View app with their own imagery, even without the need for special 360-degree cameras
Google Announces a New Google Maps Navigation Feature for Android Devices
4 Dec 2020, 07:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google Maps has been updated with a new Go tab that allows users to quickly set up the navigation to favorite routes and locations
Google Releases New Google Maps Update for iPhone and CarPlay
4 Dec 2020, 06:09 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Mountain View-based search giant has shipped Google Maps version 5.58 for users on iPhone and CarPlay, and the update is live in the App Store
Google Maps App Updated with a Messaging Feature Everybody’s Going to Love
3 Dec 2020, 06:51 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google adds the ability for verified businesses to get in touch with customers using a dedicated messaging feature bundled with the mobile app
Google Maps Updated With a New Feature as Ride Services Take Off Again
2 Dec 2020, 14:36 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The latest beta version of Google Maps adds deeper integration for ride services, with Uber currently the only supported platform
Google Maps for Android and Android Auto Updated With a New-Generation Feature
2 Dec 2020, 07:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google has recently released new versions of Google Maps in both the stable and the beta channels, and this time a new feature is also included
Apple Finds Another Way to Defeat Google Maps, This Time With Transit Navigation
1 Dec 2020, 10:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Apple has recently been granted a patent for a new system called “in-venue transit navigation,” a feature that makes sense for Apple Maps
Users Claim Shutting Down Google Maps Is Too Darn Hard
1 Dec 2020, 10:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / And others complain the app keeps running in the background without a way to actually get rid of the navigation notification on the phone
Google Maps Showing a Prisoner Walking Near a Jail, and the Internet Is Confused
28 Nov 2020, 14:17 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Google Maps car, which the search giant uses to capture street-level imagery for its web service, shows a prisoner calmly talking a walk close to a prison
Google Maps Rival Caught Stealing Data With Fake Roads
27 Nov 2020, 08:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Baidu fined close to $10 million after using map data from a rival company; the Chinese giant now says it’ll file a countersuit
What Google Maps? Ontario 511 Receives Winter Update With More Truck Data
27 Nov 2020, 06:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Ontario authorities have released a major update of Ontario 511, this time focusing on winter information provided to drivers
Google Maps Showing a Woman Giving Birth on the Street? Not Really
27 Nov 2020, 05:38 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Alleged Street View images captured by a Google Maps car show a woman giving birth to a baby on the sidewalk; Google says it’s fake
Apple Continues the Google Maps Offensive with Transit Directions Expansion
25 Nov 2020, 05:39 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Cupertino-based iPhone maker has recently released transit directions in Austria, and Vienna seems to be covered almost entirely
Google Maps Freezing on Android Auto Sort of Fixed After Latest Update
24 Nov 2020, 06:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google started investigating the issue back in September, and now there’s a chance that updating Android Auto brings things almost back to normal