Google Maps is the most popular app for getting driving directions from one place to another. However, sometimes there will be obstacles on your journey that you won’t know about until you stumble upon them. It looks like one of those obstacles — speed traps — is going to start popping up in your navigation […]
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Speed trap icons and vocal warnings are rolling out on Google Maps for some users
For the longest time, users have been bemoaning the lack of Waze-like reports on Google Maps, even though the two apps are technically part of the same company. Things started moving in the right direction when we spotted crash and speed trap reports in Google Maps in November, then again in December, though the feature […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps finally gets usable voice commands with Assistant integration
Today Google is (finally!) announcing its rollout of real Assistant integration into Google Maps, though it was spotted in testing late last year, and announced at I/O. Gone are the days of limited voice controls in navigation. Soon we’ll all be able to harness Google’s full Assistant and all its enhanced functionality — from asking […]
Read MoreGoogle Assistant gets Maps integration, flight check-ins, and more
Google has a relatively large presence at CES 2019, but up until this point, the company has been reasonably quiet. That changes now, though, as the search giant is adding a decent number of new Google Assistant features. Google Maps integration First up, the Google Assistant is now being integrated into Maps. Before, you could […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps is getting support for instant messages, but it’s not what you think
The last thing we need in Google Maps is support for chat, considering the plethora of messaging apps available on smartphones right now — including Google’s own messaging applications. Some users have discovered that Google Maps will get a Messages menu item soon, but it’s not as bad as you think. It may turn out […]
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The Best Travel Apps for iPhone Before Travelling Abroad
On your travels, your iPhone can be your friend, philosopher, and guide. All you need is a couple of apps to plan your travel and to help you out when you’re abroad. Using awesome iPhone apps you’ll be able to get cheap flight tickets, book cheap accomodation, keep track of […]
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Waze CEO Says the Company Owes Its Success to Apple, Celebrates ‘Tim Cook Day’ Every Year
Apple has had a bit of a rough go of it when it comes to its Maps app, with a legendarily terrible launch many years ago. But while Apple is working to turn things around, it is other companies that really reaped in the rewards right out of the gate […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps now features Lime bike and scooter transit in 13 cities
The shareable scooters and bikes from Lime have taken over dozens of cities around the world. You’ve probably seen them yourself, sometimes being ridden and other times discarded like trash. Now, Google Maps will help you find Lime bikes that haven’t been dumped in a lake. Lime is now a Google Maps transit option in 13 […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps will get you to where you’re going with a Lime electric scooter
Electric scooters are a big thing right now, and Google Maps is about to integrate Lime support right inside the app, which is a massive win for the scooter startup. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Google’s parent company Alphabet and Alphabet’s Google Ventures arm are investors in Lime. Furthermore, GV partner Joe Kraus is […]
Read MoreFor You tab in Google Maps is now available on iOS, over 130 countries on Android
Google has announced that the For You tab in Google Maps is now available in over 130 countries on Android. The feature has also made its way to iOS users, allowing iPhone and iPad owners to get in on the action. The For You tab offers recommendations for businesses in your area, based on a […]
Read MoreWaze-like incident reporting shows up in Google Maps, but it’s not functional yet
As is the case with many of its products, Google doesn’t have just one navigation solution for its customers. In addition to Google Maps, Google also owns Waze, which is very popular with users thanks to its crowdsourced incident reports that can make navigating unknown and familiar territories alike even easier than with Google Maps. […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps’ Waze-like incident reporting shows up for many, doesn’t work yet
Google Maps’ incident reporting feature has been a long-time coming. After the company bought Waze in 2013, everyone thought Google Maps would get its popular crowdsourced reporting feature in no-time, but years have passed it’s only a few months ago that we started seeing hints of it in our teardowns of Maps. The first real signs […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps tests directions screen with refreshed Material Design, rolls out For You tab to 130 countries
With every few updates, Google Maps seems to walk closer and closer to a full-fledged refresh of its Material interface, helping it go along with the new direction Google is taking this year with its app design language. We’ve seen a new look for the main interface, an updated side menu, overhauled hotel listings, new […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps’ personalized ‘For You’ feature is now rolling out on iOS
Google is increasingly trying to transform Google Maps into an application that can be used for more than navigation purposes, with a significant emphasis on being more social. You and your friends can use a new Maps tool to more easily decide on where to go out, and more Waze-like features are coming to the […]
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Google Maps for iOS Adds For You Personalized Tab
Google introduced a new tab within its Maps app on Android not too long ago, billed as a dedicated section to show you updates from the stores and locations you like. At the time, Google’s expectation for an iOS launch was just sometime in the future. Well, that time has […]
Read MoreA smaller, less distracting version of Google Assistant is now rolling out to Maps
After teasing a navigation-optimized Google Assistant for Maps at I/O 2018, Google is now rolling out the feature to Android users. The new version of Google Assistant in Maps is smaller, less distracting, and executes more commands in the background. Previously, calling up Google Assistant in Maps during navigation would take over half the screen. […]
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Google Assistant For Google Maps Is Now More Discreet
Image credit – raddacle/Reddit While not exactly a huge problem, one of the things that Google Maps could stand to be improved upon was its placement of Google Assistant, where before it was too obvious and could be considered slightly distracting. However that seems to have changed in a recent […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps gets improved Assistant for smoother rides
Google has rolled out new Assistant integration in Google Maps. Google Assistant can help users make calls, play music, and more without leaving the navigation app. It appears to be live in version 10.4.1 of Maps. Google has rolled out a new version of Maps with an optimized Google Assistant. The new Assistant integration opens up […]
Read MoreThe new Google Maps design just got one final tweak
Google has just made a small but significant change to one of its best mobile apps, Google Maps. The company has been tweaking the design of Google Maps for a few months now, making various changes that would bring the popular navigation app in line with its newest Material Design guidelines. What Google didn’t change […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps updates the side menu to fit its new Material look
… Total Shares2 Over the past few months, Google Maps has received several updates to its design, bottom tabs, and various place listings, all in an effort to make it fit with Google’s new Material Design look. What hadn’t changed however was the side menu. But that’s no longer the case now as Maps has […]
Read MoreGoogle Maps keeps adding weird features like hashtags, which have nothing to do with maps
Google Maps continues its seemingly unstoppable transformation into a veritable jack of all trades, with the mapping application over the last month or so seeing all manner of new features added to it. Features, we should point out, that don’t seem to have much obvious direct relation to, you know, actually plotting points on a […]
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Google Maps Reviews Now Support Use Of Hashtags
Hashtags are a quick and simple way for posts made on social media to be categorized. For example couples sometimes create their own hashtags when they get married so that when they browse Instagram, they can quickly locate photos taken at their wedding by friends and family. It can also […]
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