Google has quietly retired Maps Driving Mode, a once-handy feature for navigation and media controls. Here's what led to its ...

Google Maps makes navigating unfamiliar cities frustration-free and straightforward. It has an innovative feature that you’re probably not taking full advantage of: Street View. Sure it’s great for ...

Google Maps appears to be going through an outage. At least in some regions, the mobile version of Google Maps is unable to ...

Downdetector, which tracks service outages in real time, shows a spike of user-reported outages for Google Maps as of 1 p.m.

In a rare outage, Google Maps is down and will not load as of 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. This is impacting the Android and iOS apps. The map layer itself — regardless of location i ...

The Earth is round. Now it looks that way on Google Maps. A WHOLE NEW WORLD. Google Maps now offers a refreshing new angle of Earth. That is: a more accurate one. Google recently announced that its ...

Google is launching a new collaboration with location intelligence company Esri that will provide new advanced mapping technology. The collaboration, announced on Monday, will give Esri access to ...

Google Maps has a new color scheme that’s now rolling out widely. Roads are now gray, water bodies are a lighter blue, forested areas are a darker shade of green, and the route color is a jarring blue ...

A new Google patent provides us with an early look at a potentially new feature that might eventually make its way to Google Maps ...

The logo of Google Maps is seen on a screen. In the background there is the logo of Google. Alphabet is the mother company of Google. NurPhoto via Getty Images Google may have a hidden map that tracks ...

One of the most useful features of Google Maps, particularly in the age of social distancing, is the ability to know how busy a restaurant or other business is before you arrive. Soon, Google Maps ...

Update (9/12/25): Google Maps is back online. It's not just you: Google Maps is down.