Your iPhone can log all the restaurants, shops, etc., you visit. This opt-in feature also offers some customization power. Apple Maps users, trip planning, or entertaining out-of-town visitors could ...

A nice quality-of-life improvement for Google Maps on Android and iOS are new stair “callouts” when getting walking directions. In walking directions, Google will now show stair “callouts” in the form ...

Apple iPhone users of a certain vintage will remember the excitement of when Google Maps was released on iOS, given how clunky and inaccurate the native Maps app was. Over the years, Apple worked hard ...

One of the most underrated ways Google Maps makes commuting less stressful is that it reroutes in real time. For instance, it ...

Thankfully, there’s now a Power Saving Mode in Google Maps. It allows you to activate a black-and-white, full-screen overlay on your always-on display. When enabled, lock your phone during navigation, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sasha Lekach covers electric vehicles and vehicle technology. As Google Maps approaches 20 years next year, it’s fitting that its ...

iOS 26 brought several solid upgrades to Apple Maps, including a feature centered on your typical routes and patterns that might save you from unexpected traffic delays. Apple Maps in iOS 26 can learn ...

Last year, Americans spent more than 300 billion minutes on navigation apps, like Waze or Google Maps.The GPS systems in our ...

Google Maps previously had a feature to help skiers and snowboarders plan their next trip, now that feature is back.

CoMaps is community-driven, open-source, transparent, and the developers aren't concerned with making a profit. The app is fairly new (just hitting Google Play Store and the Apple App Store around ...