Google Maps is getting three new features intended to help you coordinate your plans like checking out a landmark without leaving your house or keeping tabs on your friends locations at a festival.

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With new features like Immersive View and search with Live View, Google’s looking to go beyond a static top-down map With new features like Immersive View and search with Live View, Google’s looking ...

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and all this week I’m looking at ways to protect yourself, your family, and your money online. Here’s something you might not think about: Google Maps could ...

While we certainly appreciate the guidance of a GPS, seeing where we’re supposed to go before we get there helps validate our destination when we arrive. Google has provided just such a capability ...

Google Maps could soon add a new “Aerial” button to Street View. The Aerial button will allow for a quick and seamless transition to Satellite View and back. The Aerial button even remembers the ...

Google's 3D "immersive view" isn't completely ready, but you can get a glimpse of it starting today. The company is rolling out updates to Google Maps for Android and iOS that introduce aerial views ...

Google Maps Street View changed the game for digital exploration: Anywhere Google's cameras have been, you can check out for yourself, without ever needing to leave your house. Of course, if you're ...

Google Maps is expanding the Immersive View format it revealed last year to an important part of the app: routes. When you look for directions in Google Maps on iOS and Android in select cities, ...

Google Maps is going to introduce a new “Immersive View for Routes” feature in select cities, Google announced at its annual I/O conference today. The new feature brings all of the information that a ...

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