This Google Maps feature will change the way you navigate with the app — and it's hiding in plain sight

Google Maps makes navigating to your destination much easier, and the Map Details options can improve this tenfold with only ...
VentureBeat

Google Maps weather layer is strangely disappointing

Overall, the new layer is somewhat useful, but it doesn't seem like a very serious effort, and it pales next to the wealth of weather apps and sites already available. To add the weather layer to a ...
Android Police

Google Maps is getting a new layer to show you what's on fire right now

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

I’ll never use Google Maps again without enabling this simple setting – it’s changed my journeys for the better

Want a better Google Maps experience? Enabling this small feature and your journeys could start instantly feeling the ...
BGR

Google Maps Has A New Feature That Might End Up Saving Your Life

Google made several Google Maps announcements in its Search On event on Wednesday. They highlight some of Google's navigation-related initiatives that might not have an immediate impact on the way ...
9to5google

Google Maps has removed its COVID-19 layer

In a relatively quiet move, Google Maps has removed a layer from its app that showed COVID-19 hotspots. In 2020, Google Maps added a layer to its app on mobile phones and the web that showed COVID-19 ...
VentureBeat

Google starts April Fools’ early with Google Maps ‘Treasure’ layer, ‘closing’ of YouTube

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Google has gotten into the spirit of April Fools’ Day a bit early with ...