About a year ago, Cody uncovered signs of the Google Maps app introducing special labels for School and Gym, similar to Home and Work. We didn’t see those materialize for a long time, but over the past couple of weeks I’ve seen them pop up in Maps for me, either Read more…
The design language in Google’s apps is constantly evolving, and lately the company has started to introduce more rounded elements in popular apps, like Chrome for Android and mobile web search. The next app to be round-ified might be Maps, as some users are seeing a slightly-tweaked interface during navigation. Read more…
Google announced today that Maps is adding 39 previously unsupported languages. Maps is currently used by more than a billion people worldwide, Google says, and the newly-added languages expand its potential userbase by quite a bit. According to Google, the new languages combined are spoken by about 1.25 billion people. A Read more…
There are many cities around the world where traffic is insane and getting around on a motorcycle is faster, more convenient for parking, and cheaper than buying and maintaining a car, not to mention the gas prices. But motorcycle drivers often don’t really know which road to take on Google Read more…
In Cody’s past teardowns of Google Maps, one option popped up a few times: Shortcuts. Until now, we hadn’t seen the feature yet and hadn’t received any tips about it, but it looks like it’s starting to go live for some users. Our tipster has it in his Google Maps Read more…
Subways and buses may be convenient for most of us, but that’s often a different story for individuals who can’t get around as easily due to mobility needs. In an attempt to make public transit more accessible for that portion of the population, Google is introducing new “wheelchair accessible” routes Read more…