Sanuj is a tech enthusiast with a passion for exploring smartphones, tablets, and smart wearables. He started his tech journey with a Lumia smartphone, diving into Windows Phone. Later, he switched to ...

Right now, if you tap the blue arrow while navigating in Google Maps, you get the option to swap it out for blocky, cartoonish vehicle icons. But Android Police has spotted some new ones — along with ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Google Maps wants to capture that Waze-like fun, and it's doing so by borrowing one of the latter's signature features. For reference, Google's flagship navigation app gained custom vehicle icons back ...

Waze is not only the king of traffic data thanks to its built-in incident reporting engine, but at the same time, it's also the king of customization options in the navigation software space. It ...

Google Maps on iOS has started showing new vehicle options for the navigation market. These join the three existing vehicle types, in addition to the default arrow. The new vehicle selections can be ...

Google Maps is testing out custom car icons with a very limited group of individuals. The feature was previously in testing on iOS, and now seems to be rolling out to Google Maps Local Guides on ...

Google Maps is working on new customization options for how vehicles are depicted. Existing options have consisted of a directional arrow, and three basic vehicles. After first testing on iOS, Maps ...

People keep saying that Waze will eventually be discontinued and all its valuable assets will be transferred to Google Maps, but the app keeps getting better with features you won't find in Google's ...