To check the departure time: Look up your destination in Google Maps. Scroll up and tap the Leave option. You’ll see two tabs ...

Make sure you unmute guidance audio to receive clear directions while walking. Adjust guidance volume to hear directions better with street noise. Enable detailed voice guidance and Live View for more ...

Stepping away from Google Maps led me to some hidden-gem alternatives and also some dealbreakers. You may find my final choice surprising.

Google Maps has a new power-saving mode that is supposed to reduce battery usage by showing only the most essential details ...

CoMaps is community-driven, open-source, transparent, and the developers aren't concerned with making a profit. The app is fairly new (just hitting Google Play Store and the Apple App Store around ...

Google today announced a new version of Google Maps that will launch later this summer. All of the core Google Maps features for getting directions aren’t going away, of course, but on top of that, ...

Here’s a fun experiment to launch the Google Maps app via URL scheme directly into a new Directions view. With these parameters, it becomes possible to set up a nice automated workflow to launch ...

The problem with Google Maps comes down to its design. It’s an online-first app that depends on constant data to update traffic and points of interest. That dependency becomes a weakness when you lose ...

Privacy-first: no tracking or data collection. Offline maps and turn-by-turn directions save battery. Free, open-source app for Android and iOS. Every month, Google ...