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iPhone users in the EU can use Google Maps for default navigation starting next year

Apple is letting iPhone users in Europe ditch Apple Maps and use Google Maps instead if they want.

Android Central

Google Maps might finally fix device orientation accuracy on Android

Google Maps is adding a "fused orientation" API, and it might finally fix device orientation accuracy when you're trying to find your way around.

Android Central

Can you trust online hiking trail reviews?

When you’re researching your next hike, the internet is awash with trail reviews – but how trustworthy are they, really?

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Google Maps could soon get better at knowing which direction you're facing

Google Maps on Android could soon get more a accurate compass, thanks to a new Android API.

TechRadar

Waze could tempt you from Google Maps with these super-useful driving alerts

Waze will inform drivers of upcoming changes to the road like sudden drops in the speed limit and where to find parking.

TechRadar

Google Maps is getting a really useful free software upgrade

This feature will make a massive difference when you're getting about and could save bags of time

Feeling lost in the concrete jungles of the world? Fear not, Google Maps introduces a new feature to help you find entrances and exits

Google Maps experiments with entrance markers for selected buildings, aiming to streamline navigation and ease entry and exit dilemmas for users.

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Google Maps is making a big change — and it’s perfect for when you’re in a new place

Google Maps will make it easier to get into unfamiliar buildings by marking the front door on the map.

Tom’s Guide

Google Maps' latest test lets you see where you can enter a building

Google was spotted starting a new test in Maps, which lets users see where they can enter a building.

Android Central

Polestar 2 (2024) review: an affordable and great-looking EV

With Android Automotive built-in and a stylish design, this electric car is still turning heads

Google Maps now makes it super easy to stay on track while navigating

Google Maps' glanceable directions are finally available for everyone, though the rollout is a year behind schedule.

Android Central

Google Maps just got way more useful as glanceable directions come to iPhone Lock Screens everywhere

More than a year after it was announced, Google Maps has brought glanceable directions to the iPhone's Lock Screen.

iMore

Google Maps update makes it way easier to follow directions on Android and iOS

After over a year, Google Maps finally gets glanceable directions – here's how to find the feature and turn it on.

TechRadar

"I chose the trail off Google Maps" – hiker who fell 1,000ft in Hawaii shares the lessons he learned

Ian Snyder was stranded, injured, at the foot of a waterfall for three days before rescuers spotted him

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Your WearOS smartwatch just got very useful Google Maps and Wallet upgrades

Google has announced some handy new features for Wear OS, including public transit directions and more.

Tom’s Guide

Google Docs now supports handwritten edits on Android — here's how it works

Editing Google Docs on Android is now more powerful thanks to the addition of handwritten annotating tools, allowing doodling, highlighting, and more with a finger or stylus.

InsideEVs

Renault 5 Returns As Retrolicious EV With Up To 248 Miles Of WLTP Range

The modern reinterpretation of the Renault Le Car can power your appliances and has Google Maps and Waze built-in. Will that be enough to fight the Chinese, though?

Tom’s Guide

Wear OS smartwatches are getting a huge Google Maps upgrade — here's what's new

Google announced new updates for Wear OS smartwatches, including step-by-step public transit directions in the Google Maps app.

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Google Maps’ best accessibility feature just got an upgrade at MWC 2024

Google Maps can already scan what's around you, and now it'll be able to tell you more about what's there.

Android Central

Google highlights Android updates for phones, drivers, and more at MWC 2024

During MWC 2024, Google highlighted several Android updates inbound for users.

Space

Bus-sized European satellite crashes to Earth over Pacific Ocean

The European Space Agency's ERS-2 satellite fell to Earth on Wednesday (Feb. 21), bringing an end to its nearly 30-year life in space.

AAP

Tourists lost for a week after Google Maps mishap

Two German tourists have been navigated by Google Maps into a remote national park and become bogged, forcing them to walk to safety.

Google Maps could get a great upgrade that electric car owners will love

Google Maps could be about to make it easier to seamlessly charge your car.

TechRadar

Google Maps could soon help you find convenient EV charging stations

A new update to Google Maps on Android appears to indicate the ability to filter EV charging outlets for those that offer convenient Plug and Charge service.

TechRadar

I was frustrated with Google Maps, so I tried this game-changing navigation app

Waze is a maps app designed with drivers in mind. Now's the time to find a new way to travel.

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