When you're driving around on Google Maps, whether you're an Android or iPhone user, you'll always be represented on the map with the boring default arrow icon. But what if I told you that it ...

New updates to Google Maps have made it possible to show a custom car icon during navigation through both Android Auto and CarPlay. Here’s how it works. Back in February 2025, Google Maps ...

There’s a prominent “Turn on/off auto-scan” button underneath the screenshots carousel. This is available now in Google Maps for iOS (US English), and will come to Android in the future.

A data science expert took to LinkedIn to explain how Google Maps got a desi makeover in India over time, adapting to the way locals understood directions beyond the Western grid system.

Currently, the feature can be found on Google Maps for iOS in US English, though we'd expect other locations to be included shortly. And fear not Android phone users – this one is also coming to ...

Google has released the May 2025 security updates for Android with fixes for 45 security flaws, including an actively exploited zero-click FreeType 2 code execution vulnerability. FreeType is a ...

Other search engines and some artificial intelligence companies should get access to data on what Google users search for, as well as the websites they click on. The government warned during the ...

We saw Samat and his colleagues show off years, Android hasn't had much of a spotlight at Google's annual developer conference. Thankfully, last week's Android Show breakout let Google's mobile ...

It also caused Google to implement the change on its maps. Users in the United States would see the body of water with the new name while people in Mexico would continue seeing Gulf of Mexico ...

True bargain hunters should jump on one of the newer entries to our best Android phones list, the Google Pixel 9a. It's a great performing camera phone that costs less than $500, and it's got a ...