Maps

Last updated: March 20th, 2024 at 14:19 UTC+01:00 At MWC 2024, Google announced a new feature for Google Maps for Wear OS. This feature shows you public transit options to reach a location. The company reiterated the feature in the March 2024 Pixel Feature Drop. Now, it has finally started rolling out the feature. According to a new report from 9To5Google, Google is making public transit directions available in version 11.119.0702.W of Google Maps for Wear OS as a server-side change. If you have this version of the…

It’s Day 18 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we’re saying goodbye to one of our biggest contestants! WhatsApp defeated Instagram in yesterday’s tournament. Today, we have the world’s biggest maps app going up against the bain of Android users’ existence. If you’re just tuning in, you can read all about our selection criteria for this historic contest right here. Check out the full bracket of contestants embedded below. And as always, if you think we missed your personal…

Piyush Mehta, a doctoral student at the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment pictured here in Hansen, Idaho, served as the lead author on a paper that looked at how and where irrigated areas have expanded globally from 2000 to 2015 and whether that expansion has occurred in a sustainable or unsustainable fashion. Credit: Piyush Mehta/University of Delaware Of all the ways that humans consume water,…

A forthcoming Android upgrade could mean a goodbye to the trouble of navigating with an erratic blue spot on Google Maps. A post on the Android Developers blog gives details about this potential upgrade. It describes the Fused Orientation Provider (FOP) API, which promises better device orientation across all Android phones. The next Android update promises sharper navigation on Google Maps The annoyance of phones misinterpreting direction will soon vanish with FOP since it combines accelerometer, gyroscope, and…

Apple has announced plans to allow iPhone users in the European Union (EU) to set their default navigation app to something other than Apple Maps. This development, expected to roll out by March 2025, marks a departure from Apple’s historically closed ecosystem and follows recent legal mandates under the EU’s Digital Markets Act. The change signifies a broader trend towards increased user choice and flexibility within Apple’s operating system. Alongside working on providing the ability to set default navigation apps,…

Google Maps, a navigation juggernaut, has continually evolved its platform with advanced features since its inception. However, one basic yet crucial aspect was missing – directing users to the precise entrances of buildings or locations. Acknowledging this gap, Google is now incorporating a feature to address this common navigational challenge. According to a recent report by Android Police, the latest version (11.17.0101) of the Google Maps app for Android is currently testing the display of entrances in select…

It took an extra five days but now websites built and hosted on Google Business Profiles are now being redirected to the Business Profile listing on Google Maps. Google announced in January that it will be shutting down Business Profile websites on March 1, 2024. Google updated its help page this morning to say, “As of March 5, 2024, websites made with Google Business Profiles are no longer available and customers that visit your site will be redirected to your Business Profile instead.” What it looks like. I made…

Late last year, the company introduced a similar feature for public transit, showing the exact entrance and exit for transit stations in more than 80 cities, including what side of the street they're on.This doesn't appear to be a beta feature, but one that only specific devices have access to right now. It wasn't available on my Pixel 8 Pro that's enrolled in the beta or a Pixel 6.Also: Google Maps' new 'glanceable directions' feature means safer driving with less battery drainAndroid Police notes that in some cases,…

Tell me if this has ever happened to you: Google Maps gets you to your destination, but the entrance is not where Google Maps navigation ends. You’re on your own once you’re in the vicinity. You might have to circle the block to find the entry, which isn’t clear from the directions you get. This happened to me just last week, and it’s pretty annoying. I had to get to a meeting, and the entrance was on a parallel street, not where Google Maps directed me to go. It wasn’t the first time I had to find the entry…

Last updated: March 5th, 2024 at 15:07 UTC+01:00 Since Google launched Maps, the company has added many advanced features to the platform. However, it hasn’t added a very basic feature, which is showing the entrance to a location or a building. Due to the lack of this feature, Google Maps directs you to the sides of buildings where there are no entrances, many times, and leaves it to the users to figure out the entrance to that location. Well, Google has finally figured that this basic feature is missing from Maps,…