Google Maps is beta testing a Material 3 Expressive redesign of its watch app ahead of Wear OS 6.
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Google Maps may soon have a new look in your car to match its native OS with a new Android Automotive ability that will start with Polestar vehicles.
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If something about Google Maps on Android and iOS looks different to you, it’s because the logo that appears in the bottom-left corner of every single map has been updated.
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An issue with Google Maps as of late has left users without the ability to see alternate routes on the mobile app and car platforms such as Android Auto.
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New updates to Google Maps have made it possible to show a custom car icon during navigation through both Android Auto and CarPlay. Here’s how it works.
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After announcing in March, Google Maps has rolled out a feature that can scan screenshots on your iPhone and save any found locations.
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Google has officially confirmed that the Assistant “Driving Mode” bar that appears at the bottom of Google Maps navigation on Android is no longer available.
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After testing got underway earlier this year, Google Maps for Android is widely rolling out a redesign of the “You” and “Contribute” tabs that embrace sheets.
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In February of 2024, Google Assistant Driving Mode was pared back to basically be a voice bar, but in recent days it has disappeared entirely from Google Maps on Android.
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Google Maps is detailing its 2024 progress in “preventing and taking down deceptive content,” which includes adding fake review warnings.
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Google Maps has made a small redesign to the heavily used directions interface that provides an overview of trip details.
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Ahead of the busy summer season, Google is rolling out a handful of planning and travel tools across Maps (like a handy Gemini screenshots feature) and Search.
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Earlier this month, some Google Maps users found that their Timeline location history was missing, but the company has now fixed the issue.
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Following Android back in July, Google Maps is now rolling out a sheet-based redesign that replaces most fullscreen UIs in the iPhone app.
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As of December, Google Maps has rolled out the on-device Timeline location history change. Over the past day, some users have reported that their Google Maps Timeline is missing.
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Google Maps has been updated with support for Live Updates in Android 16 as the beta continues on.
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A frustrating bug in Google Maps for CarPlay has left users without the typical route preview before starting turn-by-turn navigation – thankfully, it’s been fixed.
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Amid backlash for updating its maps to show “Gulf of America” in place of “Gulf of Mexico,” Google Maps has started to both block new reviews of the location, as well as deleting recent negative reviews.
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Google Maps introduced its revamped incident reports last year and appears to be expanding support with new weather-related incidents showing up for some users in the mobile app and on Android Auto too.
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Last year, Google Maps finally added Waze-style reporting for incidents along the road, but some argue they’re more of a safety hazard than anything else. What do you think?
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Google Maps on Android Automotive OS has removed the estimated time of arrival (ETA) from the driver’s dashboard on some vehicle, but it doesn’t seem to be an update on Google’s part.
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Google has confirmed that Google Maps will soon rename the Gulf of Mexico and Denali mountain in Alaska as the “Gulf of America” and “Mount McKinley” in line with changes implemented by the Trump Administration, but users in the rest of the world may see two names for these locations.
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If you have a lot of saved places, Google Maps can look a bit unwieldy with all those pins, and the app is now testing using small dots to address that.
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Google Maps is getting closer to Waze with the ability to customize your car icon when navigating.
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