Google Maps remains one of the best navigation apps thanks to its detailed mapping, real-time traffic information, Google Assistant integration, public transit routes, cycle travel modes, and robust ...

Google Maps and Waze are spearheading the mobile navigation software space, and every little bug they hit could be bad news for lots of drivers. Given both are owned by Google, most users out there ...

Unless you still had an old-school paper map in the glove box, GPS units were the only way to get route guidance in a car before Google Maps and Waze became a thing. Times have changed, and technology ...

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Getting a solid GPS location in a city can be tough thanks to all the tall buildings. Skyscrapers reflect the GPS signal and can make your location data go crazy, but now, Google says it can correct ...

Smartphones using Google's Android operating system are getting a software update that will turn them into fully functioning GPS devices intended to rival traditional in-car global positioning systems ...

As they say, Big Brother is always watching. For this generation, long after the George Orwell novel was written, that phrase can be used to describe Google. We use Google in our daily lives for ...

My wife bought me a Garmin GPS for Christmas last year. After showing her Google Navigation on my G1, she asked if her gift is obsolete. Sorry to say but, for anything but long-distance treks, ...

If it wasn't obvious before, it's crystal clear today. The dedicated portable GPS device is dead, with Apple and Google playing pallbearer to Garmin, Magellan and TomTom's hardware businesses. Between ...