Google Maps

You Can Now Follow and Get Alerts From Your Favorite Places on Google Maps

Tim October 25, 2018

Google Maps is rolling out a new feature to users this month -- the ability to follow your favorite places and receive alerts directly from them. Let's say you like a certain boutique, but you keep missing out on all of their awesome sales. With this new...

Sharing Your Location and ETA in Google Maps is Much Better Now

Tim October 18, 2018

In March, 2017, Google introduced real-time location sharing in Google Maps. The feature works fine and dandy, but apparently, Google thinks it can do better. In an update headed out to users this week, you'll see an improved experience when sharing your...

Google Maps Adds EV Charging Stations to Map

Kellen October 16, 2018

The latest addition to Google Maps list of features benefits those who have opted to lessen their carbon footprint. When you fire up Google Maps today, you'll be able to search for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations! Searching for "ev charging stations"...

Google Maps Music Integration, Dark Google Feed, New Assistant UI All Rolling Out

Kellen October 5, 2018

Over the past couple of weeks, Google has announced some pretty big changes to some of its apps and services, like Google Assistant, Google Maps, and the Google Feed, which is now called Discover. As we approach the weekend, a number of those changes are...

Google Maps Adds Music Integration, Better Commute Controls, More

Kellen October 1, 2018

Google Maps is getting a whole bunch of new fun this week to help with commutes, give you quicker access to music as you commute, and show you exactly where your train or bus is as you head out of the office. Seriously, this is a big time update for Google...

Google Maps Adds Group Planning Feature

Kellen September 26, 2018

Google Maps is more collaborative than ever today, thanks to a new group planning feature that is going live on the service this week for both Android and iOS. Starting today, if you are ever trying to plan an outing with friends but can't decide where to go,...

Google Maps New Explore Tab, “For You” Section are Available to Everyone

Kellen June 26, 2018 2

Should you open Google Maps this afternoon during your commute home and the UI looks a little weird, that's intentional! Google is rolling out a big UI tweak that includes new Explore and For You tabs. They first mentioned this update back in May at Google I/O...

Google Maps and Street View + Augmented Reality for Walking Directions Would be Boss

Tim May 9, 2018 7

Yesterday during the Google I/O keynote, Google showed off work it has been doing to combine the power of AI and computer vision, then implementing that into an existing product like Google Maps and Street View. What we got was a fantastic demo, and hopefully,...