Google has greatly expanded its offerings for businesses on their platform in the list few years. It seems that even the most obscure local businesses have detailed information about them presented in search and Maps. The company is launching new features for those profiles to help connect businesses with customers. …
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Way back in 2013 Google purchased Waze for about US$1.3BN which was huge. Not just the dollars but the functionality Waze offers has always been excellent, so having that merged to Google Maps was very enticing. The progress has been quite slow, but interestingly users (US only at this time) …
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Google Maps has been rolling out some new features based around navigation, transit and personal safety over the last couple of weeks, and today news had emerged of a new feature in India designed to help passengers stay safe in Navigation mode. Users who are getting into a taxi can …
Read More » It was only yesterday morning I wrote that Google’s always looking to make products more useful and helpful; today they’ve added detailed information about floods, hurricanes and earthquakes to Maps in an effort to help keep users safe. Detailed by Hannah Stulberg, Google Maps’ Product Manager on the company’s Keyword …
Read More » Google’s always looking for ways to improve their offerings and make them more helpful, and today Android Police has spotted a useful new feature in Maps that displays your current speed while navigating. The feature, not yet widely available, adds a small circle with your current speed. It can be …
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The functionality to report crashes, speed cameras and congestion has been steadily rolling out for about 6 months now. We first saw it on Maps late last year with the addition of reporting congestion in April this year, and now the feature is becoming more widely available. Android Police has …
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Yesterday Google officially announced their new AR feature to aid navigation while walking and that it would be rolling out to Pixel users imminently. They weren’t kidding it seems with the new Maps feature rolling out today. Here in the US AR for Navigation has appeared on Pixel phones this …
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Finding a charging station with an available port for your electric vehicle just got easier for Google Maps users, with new EV charging station display data added to the application today – in the US and UK. At charging stations from partner vendors, Maps will now show the number of …
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Australians – and many around the world – woke this morning to the sad and shocking news that the iconic Cathedral Notre Dame was being destroyed by fire. The 12 hour battle for firefighters was haunting at times, with those in the area singing hymns as they watched their beloved …
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Look, this shouldn’t really come as a surprise; if you allow Google to record your location history, there’s half a chance that it could be produced to a 3rd party with a court order, and that includes law enforcement. The feature is quite useful for individuals – allowing you to …
Read More » Google Maps has grown to become way more than just maps. It’s also the place you can share your location with family and friends, contribute photos and reviews to local businesses and attractions and many other Local-Guide-related things. Today, Android Police reports that Google is now adding the ability for …
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Late last year Google started to trial Lime scooters, pedal bikes and e-bikes locations into the transit section of Google Maps and Brisbane was a selected as a trial city. Since then Lime has entered and exited several more cities with their at times controversial service resulting in last-mile rides …
Read More » I think we would all agree that Google Maps is one of Google’s best and most successful services. While it has in recent times it has started to become a little bloated with new features, these actually don’t get in the way of the standard day to day use of …
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Google IO is unfortunately becoming increasingly well known for showing off devices or features that never seem to make it out of Mountain View, looking at you Nexus Q and fence-removal tool in Google Photos! At IO 2018 Google showed of AR (augmented reality) navigation in Google Maps, and since …
Read More » Google Maps has to be one of Google’s best and most consistent products with new and improved features coming out with a regular cadence. Today’s new maps functionality incorporates direct messaging with businesses (who have signed up) from Maps or search results. This feature was apparently rolled out last year …
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