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Google Maps

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May 9, 2024

As intuitive as Google Maps is for finding the best routes, it never let you choose departure and arrival times in the mobile app. This feature has long been available on the desktop site, allowing yo ...

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Nov 10, 2022

Unlike Apple Maps, Google Maps can tell you when a restaurant, bar, club, or other business you're thinking of visiting is busy. It's extremely helpful if you want to avoid peak times or wait for the ...

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Aug 27, 2022

You can double-tap most maps on your iPhone to zoom in, and tap once with two fingers to zoom out. And I'm sure you're more than familiar with the pinch gesture for zooming. But there's an even better ...

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Jan 18, 2021

Google Maps tracks everywhere you go with your smartphone, even when you're not using the app. Even if it's as mundane as your weekly grocery trip, Google Maps has it saved for you to see in its Andro ...

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Jan 18, 2021

With so much stimuli in today's world, it can be hard to keep track of all the places we've visited and the events we've attended. Thankfully, a great feature in Google Maps lets you view a detailed l ...

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Nov 5, 2020

If you're in the market for a new house, how do you know what your commute would be like if current traffic is unseasonably low? Or if you're considering a new job across town and want to weigh the pa ...

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Oct 12, 2020

For the most part, new features for Google Maps, such as Live View augmented reality walking navigation, come to Android first.One exception is changing your vehicle icon in driving navigation, which ...

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Sep 16, 2020

Alongside the launch of Android 11, Google added a new feature to Live View, the augmented reality mode for walking navigation in Google Maps, that helps you find friends in AR. But even if you're not ...

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Jul 16, 2020

Google Maps Live View is already one of the more useful examples of augmented reality on smartphones that is available to the average consumer today.Leveraging Google's massive Street View library, Ma ...

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Feb 15, 2020

Google Maps lets you set home and work locations for quick access to navigation. In fact, these two locations are so central to the Maps experience that if you don't have both saved, the app can be a ...