Google Maps is quietly testing Live Updates on Android 16, bringing real-time progress notifications to your lock screen, AOD, and status bar.

Most recently, Google has silently released a Google Maps update that basically enables better GPS tracking by asking users to provide accurate data regarding their location.

Google Maps will roll out wildfire tracking worldwide Google's Tree Canopy tool will also show data for 100 cities by next year.

The usual style of Google Maps navigation overlay shrinks the app into a floating picture-in-picture (PiP) window. It hovers ...

Live Updates in Google Maps will only appear if your phone runs Android 16 QPR2. Even then, the rollout is limited, as Google isn’t widely testing the feature yet. The company was last spotted working ...

Android users that trust Google with tracking their location can view the history of the logged data minute-by-minute on Google Maps.

They have the reader transmit these results wirelessly to a server for processing, storage, and mapping via Google Maps to track the spread of specific conditions and diseases globally over time.

Google may have a hidden map that tracks everywhere you’ve been. The tracker highlights your real-world movements for millions of users — but can be turned off, if you know how.

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Apple Maps users, trip planning, or entertaining out-of-town visitors could become much smoother with a new iOS 26 location history feature called Visited Places.

CoMaps delivers voice-guided directions and offline search capabilities, all while putting your privacy front and center.