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Google Maps will show you where to enter your destination
Google Maps and Waze are getting updates.
Sarah Fielding07.31.2024
Waze will soon help you find parking garages and zip through roundabouts
Google’s Waze is adding some quality-of-life navigation features in the coming weeks and months. New options can help you find parking garages, alert you when the speed limit is about to decrease and guide you through roundabouts.
Will Shanklin03.05.2024
Google Maps finally adds Waze's in-tunnel navigation feature
Google has finally copied the homework of its other GPS app Waze, adding support for Bluetooth beacons so you can navigate in tunnels or other satellite dead zones.
Steve Dent01.16.2024
Google's new sustainability APIs can estimate solar, pollutant and pollen production
Google will officially unveil a trio of new sustainability APIs for business at the Cloud Next conference tomorrow, learn more about them today.
Andrew Tarantola08.28.2023
Apple finally lets businesses customize their listings in Maps
Apple hopes to make Maps more helpful by giving stores custom location cards.
Jon Fingas01.11.2023
Google's higher-resolution driving maps will premiere in the Polestar 3
Google is now offering ultra-detailed driving maps, and they'll debut in the Polestar 3.
Jon Fingas01.05.2023
Waze is getting its own dedicated Android Automotive app
Waze is France's most popular navigation app, so it makes sense that it's launching a new, dedicated version of the app in partnership with Renault.
Steve Dent12.06.2022
Google is shutting down its Assistant-powered Driving Mode
After announcing it at I/O 2019 and finally launching it officially last year, Google is shutting down the Assistant Driving Mode dashboard.
Steve Dent10.10.2022
Google Maps now offers 3D aerial views of famous landmarks
Google Maps now offers aerial 3D views of nearly 100 landmarks, including Big Ben and the Empire State Building.
Jon Fingas07.27.2022
Waze and Headspace team up to make driving less stressful
You can change Waze's car icon to a hot air balloon and check out a dedicated Spotify playlist.
Kris Holt10.12.2021
Waze with 'PAW Patrol' voices sounds like a chill car ride
You can now turn Waze navigation into a 'PAW Patrol' adventure — which could be either the best or worst thing ever for parents.
Jon Fingas08.18.2021
This toe tickling navigation system will help the visually impaired walk tall
The Ashirase system allows low-sighted people to navigate through cities using their feet, rather than cell phones or visual aids.
Andrew Tarantola07.30.2021
Waze will warn you about traffic jams and detours before you drive
Waze now provides much more info before you drive, including alternate routes and tolls.
Jon Fingas07.27.2021
Google is simplifying how developers build Android for Cars apps
There’s a simpler way to make apps work on both Android Auto and Android Automotive.
Kris Holt05.18.2021
Google is adding a Maps widget to Calendar in Workspace
Google Workspace now has a Maps side panel that can help you research locations for meetings and other trips.
Jon Fingas04.20.2021
Android gets auto-narrated audiobooks and expanded Voice Access
Google has rolled out a host of new Android features, including expanded Auto access, automatically-narrated audiobooks and app sharing.
Jon Fingas12.03.2020
The guy who built his own smartwatch is back with a pair of GPS smart glasses
The engineer who built their own smartwatch is back with a pair of smart sunglasses.
Daniel Cooper11.12.2020
Google Maps update makes it easier to see an area's actual landscape
Google Maps is already one of the most popular services for navigating and remotely exploring the world. Starting this week, though, its default view will be even more colorful and, hopefully, useful for travellers. Google took its satellite imagery and applied some fancy computer vision to accurately identify forests, deserts, rivers and snow-capped mountains.
Nick Summers08.18.2020
Beidou, China's GPS alternative, is now complete
China’s own global navigation system is now complete. Today, the country launched the last of the satellites that comprise its Beidou Navigation Satellite System.
Christine Fisher06.23.2020
Apple Maps adds EV-focused features and cycling directions
Apple is updating Maps to add much-requested cycling directions, EV charger finding and more detailed maps in other countries.
Jon Fingas06.22.2020