Google Maps Evolves: New 'Ask Maps' Tool Powered by Gemini AI is Coming

Google Maps is reportedly testing a new Gemini powered Ask Maps feature for its mobile app. It aims to simplify trip planning.

I replaced Google Maps with a free alternative that doesn't track me (or kill my phone battery)

Comaps features voice-guided directions and offline search, prioritizing privacy over the controversial practices Google Maps uses.

Google Maps Tests Gemini Chat to Modernize Location Editing

Android Authority spotted code for a chat-style “Suggest an edit” in Google Maps, letting users submit listing fixes in plain ...

Posts claim images show Leviathan 'waking up.' We found the real story lurking underneath

The "beast" on Google Maps — called Leviathan, dragon, snake and more by some — is actually just a byproduct of the tectonic plates beneath our feet.

Google Maps adds Gemini to a major feature in new test

Google looks to be adding AI to yet another popular Google product. In a new test, Gemini appears in a popular crowdsourced Google Maps feature. As first discovered by Android Authority, Google is ...

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 ...

I replaced Google Maps with a navigation app everyone swears by, and immediately regretted it

On paper, switching from Google Maps to Waze felt like a no-brainer. Waze’s entire identity is built around the promise of outsmarting traffic in real time. And compared to Google Maps’ increasingly ...
BGR

Google Maps Vs. Apple Maps - Here's Which Navigation App You Should Use

iPhone users face this choice every time they need directions: Stick with the pre-installed Apple Maps, or switch to Google Maps. A decade ago, the answer felt obvious, but today, it's not as clear.
IEEE

A Data-Driven Framework for Urban Mobility: Real-Time Traffic Analysis in Dubai Using Google Maps API and R

Abstract: As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues its rapid urbanization, particularly in global hubs like Dubai, traffic congestion has emerged as a significant challenge to economic productivity ...
Search Engine Land

Google clarifies canonicalization with JavaScript

Google updated its JavaScript SEO best practices document, for the second time this week, this time to clarify canonicalization best practices for JavaScript. In short, Google said “setting the ...
Search Engine Land

Google says don’t use JavaScript to generate a noindex tag in the original page code

Google has updated its JavaScript SEO basics documentation to clarify how Google’s crawler handles noindex tags in pages that use JavaScript. In short, if “you do want the page indexed, don’t use a ...
MacRumors

Google Maps Quietly Added This Long-Overdue Feature for Drivers

Google Maps on iOS quietly gained a new feature recently that automatically recognizes where you've parked your vehicle and saves the location for you. Announced on LinkedIn by Rio Akasaka, Google ...