How Accurate Is The Google Maps Speedometer?

Whether you're using the speedometer in your car or using the speed display in Google Maps, you might wonder which is more ...

Google Maps has become my ultimate city guide, thanks to this simple strategy

What started as a simple habit of saving favorite spots has turned Google Maps into my ultimate city guide. By creating ...
9to5Google

Google Maps for Android shrinks FABs, updates location button

Google Maps has updated two key buttons for location and directions that people interact with constantly throughout the day.
Engadget

Google Maps wasn't loading in some regions due to an outage

Google Maps suffered an outage that left the mobile version of the service unable to fully load its map or provide directions. Over 4,000 reports were filed on Downdetector since the outage started, ...
9to5google

Google Maps maimed Timelines for privacy, but that’s worse than abandoning it

As long as I can remember, it seems like Google Maps has had its universally loved timeline feature. Wherever you go and whatever you visit, Google Maps saves your route and location data for a couple ...
Lifehacker

Google Maps Is Down

Update (9/12/25): Google Maps is back online. It's not just you: Google Maps is down. According to 9to5Google, the outage started sometime around 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. PT), and seems to be isolated to the ...

I can't believe I missed this hidden Google Maps feature — and it makes your life so much easier when driving

I did a quick test of this hidden Google Maps feature in the car from my house to my in-laws on streets I already knew. I ...
NBC Chicago

Is Google Maps down? What we know amid reports the app is not working

The Google Maps app is functioning properly again after thousands of users across the country reported problems with the app Thursday afternoon, including in the Chicago area. According to the website ...
THE WEEK

South Korea's divide over allowing Google Maps

Google Maps is available in more than 250 countries, so it may surprise some people to learn that a modern tech-obsessed nation like South Korea isn't on that list. Google Maps has long been shunned ...
Android Police

I finally learned how to use Google Maps properly

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

I’ve been using Google Maps with Apple CarPlay for years and I didn’t know this handy feature existed

I’ve been navigating with Google Maps via Apple CarPlay for years and hadn’t realized that there's a feature to quickly and ...
CBC.ca

How Google Maps helped one Toronto commuter beat traffic — and the tax collector

A simple question lies behind Patrick de Kruyff's Tax Court of Canada victory last month over the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA): Who on earth would suggest taking Toronto's Don Valley Parkway at rush ...