Google Maps isn’t just for directions. Use these tips to find EV chargers, remember parking spots, hail cabs, and more.

Google says that it has done a lot to speed up Maps, reducing latency and even providing some visual cues like an animated pin to help make the half-second wait for more information less obvious.

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In addition, the update brings a touch of Google Earth over to the Maps desktop app with new bird’s-eye view 3D Earth Tours for all WebGL-enabled browsers.

Google Maps turns 15 this week, and many of the 1 billion-plus people who turn to Google’s navigation app do so for more than turn-by-turn directions.

Although not much has changed with Google Maps mobile services, the desktop app just got redesigned from the ground up in what is, essentially, the ...

Of course, iPhone owners will still turn to the app versions of their preferred mapping service when away from the desktop. Both the Apple Maps app and Google Maps app have always had their ...

The Google Maps app for iOS has also been updated to version 2.0. It features the same new-look UI as the desktop client.

We've been testing the Google Desktop 2 beta for two months and have found it both handy and buggy. Today, the personal portal and search tool breaks out of its beta shell and joins the ranks of ...

The latest version of Google Maps, now in the App Store, lets you send any place you search for with Google Maps on your desktop browser right to an iPhone or iPad.

In the Google Maps mobile app or desktop version, tap on the X button in the search box that appears as soon as you drop a pin. Or tap/click anywhere on the screen, and the location will be unpinned.