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Google Maps Now Lets You Add A Stop Along Your Route, Check Gas Prices
Google announced today it’s rolling out an update to its Google Maps mobile app that will (finally!) allow users to add a stop along their current route. For example, you’ll be able to search for things like gas stations, grocery stores, coffee shops and restaurants while still in navigation mode, then add them as a detour on the way to your final destination. A similar feature… Read More
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Google Maps Comes To Apple Watch
At Google’s press event today, the company announced a number of new products and updates, including two new Nexus smartphones, two Chromecast devices, a new Android tablet and more, but one thing it kept under wraps was news of a notable new application arriving on the iOS platform: Google Maps now works on Apple Watch. Through an update to the Google Maps iOS app on the iTunes App… Read More
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Google’s New Street View App Lets You Browse 360-Degree Imagery, Share Your Own Panoramic Photos
It’s no “street view for cats,” but Google’s newly launched Street View mobile app does promise to make it easier to explore Google Map’s immersive, 360-degree imagery as well as contribute your own photos to improve the overall Google Maps experience.
The app, which is actually an update and rebrand of Google’s older “Photo Sphere Camera,”… Read More
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Google Maps Tests A New Feature That Collects Users’ Foodie Photos
Though services dedicated to photos of food – like Foodspotting or Forkly, for example – have exited the scene (as well as consumers’ collective consciousness) over the years, snapping photos of your delicious dinner still remains a popular activity. Now Google is looking to capitalize on this ongoing trend with a new feature in Google Maps that encourages users to share… Read More
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Google Maps’ “Night Mode” Feature Makes It Easier To Navigate In The Dark
A new update to the Google Maps iOS application promises to make it easier to navigate when it’s dark outside, potentially reducing the risk associated with using the app while behind the wheel. (Not that you should be actively using the app while driving, but…admit it, you’re probably guilty of this.) In the latest release, the app has introduced a feature called… Read More
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Google Search Now Shows You When Local Businesses Are Busiest
Google Search got a small, but notable, update today that focuses on helping users determine when it’s the best time to visit a nearby business.
After performing a search for a business on Google, then clicking the title to see details like its address, phone number and open hours, for example, Google will also now show you “popular times” for the business in question. Read More
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Google Maps Now Lets You Scale Yosemite’s El Capitan Mountain
El Capitan is already something I associate almost by default with Mac OS X, but it was a real mountain before that – millions of years before Apple previewed OS X 10.11, in fact, though it only got its name in 1851. Anyways, it’s the real mountain, not the Apple operating system, that Google now lets you virtually climb in Google Maps with its first ever vertical Street View… Read More
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Google Brings Turn-By-Turn Directions To Offline Maps
Google announced that Maps will soon provide turn-by-turn navigation for routes saved for offline use (or when you completely lose your connection in the middle of nowhere). Google’s Maps App For iOS And Android Gets Material Design And Uber Estimates
Google has updated Maps to keep with the visual theme introduced with Android 5.0 Lollipop, which it calls material design. The new mobile apps now feature bold headers of solid flat colors and animations that evoke pieces of paper sliding over one another. The apps also offer new features, including reservations you can make at restaurants through the app via OpenTable, and both time and… Read More
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