Navigation apps typically search for the fastest route to reach a destination, but new-generation updates added new capabilities, including support for eco-friendly routes. Google Maps can look for a ...

For many of us—maybe even most of us—Google Maps is the go-to solution when we need to get from point A to point B, and certainly when we need to get to some weird point Q we’ve never seen before. In ...

Google Maps recently rolled out so-called “eco-friendly routing,” which suggests routes to users that may take longer or cover further distances, but are more fuel efficient. Now, it will soon suggest ...

People who travel often, whether around the world or within their own country, should use Google Maps in more ways than one. For example, it is a good idea to learn how to save a Route on Google Maps ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is tweaking its Maps app to highlight environmentally friendlier directions to users’ destinations, the company said. Maps will soon suggest the car route with the lowest carbon ...

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With artificial intelligence infiltrating nearly every aspect of our lives, it was only a matter of time before the most widely used mapping tool on the planet incorporated it as well. Google Maps has ...

Google is rolling out some big Gemini-powered updates to its Maps app. Google Maps is getting a conversational navigation feature that lets drivers ask complex questions. You can find specific kinds ...

Setting up a route in Google Maps, especially for long trips, is incredibly useful but many users may not know that it lets you find and add gas stops and other waypoints can be added after travel ...

It has been nearly 13 years since Google Maps started providing traffic data to help people navigate their way around, alongside providing detail about whether the traffic along the route is heavy or ...

An update planned for later in 2021 will change the Google Maps app to "default to the route with the lowest carbon footprint when it has approximately the same ETA as the fastest route." However, ...