My Maps is a hugely powerful custom maps creation tool that Google has forgotten about. Here's how I use it to level up Google Maps.

A custom map is helpful when you do not want to go through all the existing names and want to create something according to your requirements. It is also handy when you are going on a trek and need to ...

Interested in creating your own custom Google Maps with detailed routes, directions, and points of interest? We’ll show you how to make one in just a few clicks. Editorial Note: Talk Android may ...

What started as a simple habit of saving favorite spots has turned Google Maps into my ultimate city guide. By creating ...

I'm a frequent solo traveler who has ventured alone around seven countries. To stay safe while traveling alone, my top tip is to make a custom Google Map of all your stops. Then, share your map, ...

Google has a new tool you'll want to check out before you're next road trip, ski excursion or pub crawl. On Wednesday, the company launched Google My Maps, a new online tool you can use to create ...

Google Maps added a timeline view to Android today, which allows users to easily view their location history on mobile. That's all well and good, but buried in the new timeline feature is one of the ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Google Maps markers highlight specific sites on a map. By default, Google identifies an individual marker with a square and multiple markers with letters, but this may not suit some applications. For ...

Google Maps is the most used navigation app with over twenty million downloads worldwide. One of the reasons it’s so popular is the pin-dropping feature, which allows you to quickly mark locations on ...

Saving maps offline can save you a whole lot of trouble. But not every app has all the offline abilities you might want or need, especially if you're a cyclist. I've been contributing to PCMag since ...

Despite Google also being the company that developed Android, the search giant sometimes seems to love the iPhone even more than its very own platform, offering exclusive features to those who use ...