by dbadmin | Jun 4, 2025 | Android Automotive, Google, Google Maps, News
Credit: Damien Wilde / Android Authority Google Maps for Android Automotive is getting customized design elements. This new ability will allow the UI in Maps to match the UI of the native OS. Polestar announced that this feature would roll out to its cars in the...
by dbadmin | Jun 3, 2025 | Android Auto, Android Automotive, Google, Google Maps, News
Google Maps has recently started offering a navigation pop-up on select instrument cluster displays. So far this has been spotted on the Polestar 2. We previously saw Waze delivering a similar behind-the-wheel view. How many digital screens can you see right this...
by dbadmin | May 20, 2025 | Android, Apple, Apple Maps, Features, Google, Google Maps
Opinion post byDhruv Bhutani It might sound odd to many of you but my go-to maps app on my Android phone has been Apple Maps for the last month or so. No, there’s no native app. Yes, I’ve had to rely on a web-based bookmarklet. But guess what, I don’t really mind it....
by dbadmin | May 19, 2025 | Google, Google Maps, News
Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority Google Maps has reportedly stopped offering real-time alternate route suggestions while driving. The issue seems to have cropped up in the last few weeks, likely due to a buggy update. Google has yet to acknowledge the issue,...
by dbadmin | May 18, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Maps
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Several years ago, Google built a light version of Android, Android Go, for lower-end phones with slower processors and limited resources. Google released light “Go” versions of some of its own apps specifically for these...
by dbadmin | May 13, 2025 | Google, google account, Google Maps, News
Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority Users are starting to see the new Google account switcher in Maps on Android. The redesign brings the UI closer to what you see on the web. Since August 2024, we have been keeping tabs on a new account switcher that’s in...
