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Google Maps on Android Auto
A recent Android Auto update has messed with Google Maps, and users aren’t happy about it

By Leon Poultney Published

The Google Maps user experience on smaller Android Auto infotainment systems is causing a stir.

Hybrid & Electric Vehicles
Google Maps
Google's 2024 Timeline update is like Spotify Wrapped for your travels

By Jamie Richards Published

Google has released its Timeline update, which recaps your 2024 journeys and compares your total travel distance to the circumference of the Earth.

Phones
Three iPhones on a green and blue background showing trails on Apple Maps
Apple Maps edges closer to Google Maps on the web with its take on Street View

By Alex Blake Published

The Look Around feature in Apple Maps is now available on the web

Software
Google Maps
You've got more time – the great Google Maps Timeline switch gets a new deadline date

By David Nield Published

Google is implementing a rather confusing change to the way it tracks the places you've been to.

Phones
An Android phone showing a Waze alert on Google Maps
Google Maps is getting new Waze incident alerts, but not all drivers are happy

By Mark Wilson Published

Some Google Maps users are reporting seeing new traffic alerts from Waze, which marks a new crossover between the apps.

Software
Google Maps
Google Maps will soon delete your location history – unless you tell it not to

By Jamie Richards Published

Google’s location-tracking Timeline feature will soon only record the most recent three months of your location history, with prior history wiped unless instructed otherwise.

Phones
Two phones on a green and blue background showing the Google Talking Tours feature in London
Google's new AI-generated Talking Tours sound like the future of free guided city walks

By Mark Wilson Published

Google has revealed a new experimental AI feature called Talking Tours – and it could be a glimpse of future of guided walks.

Websites & Apps
Google Maps AI
Gemini AI starts riding shotgun on Google Maps

By Eric Hal Schwartz Published

Google will replace Google Assistant's control of WhatsApp and Spotify with Gemini Extensions.

Gemini
KTM V80 H88 infotainment system
Android Automotive fully lands on motorcycles – with built-in Google Maps and flash touchscreen displays

By Leon Poultney Published

KTM brings mapping, music and bespoke apps to two wheelers

Hybrid & Electric Vehicles
Google Earth
Google Maps, Street View, and Google Earth all get major updates – including a time travel feature

By David Nield Published

Look out for new, sharper imagery and pictures going back through time in these Google products.

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