These dependable map apps help you avoid traffic jams and get you where you need to go with ease, but which should you download? I tested both and found a clear winner.

Google Maps is already the world's number one mobile navigation app, dominating the Android space and serving as the preferred choice for a significant number of iOS users. The reason is simple: ...

Tap on your profile (upper right corner), then go to Settings > Navigation > Map display. Here, choose a color scheme ...

To save a route on Google Maps using your mobile device, follow these steps: Viewing Pinned Routes: Open Google Maps and tap the "Go" tab at the bottom. Here, you will see all your pinned routes. Tap ...

Google is tweaking the Android OS to directly embed ‘location sharing’ into the main settings. This will also allow users to share their device’s location right from Android’s settings menu. Android ...

Thanks to my extremely poor sense of direction, Google Maps is an essential travel app for me — for both short trips to different parts of the city, as well as longer routes that I have no chance of ...

Google has announced a change to how it handles user location data, and for once, it's a clear win for privacy. The Google Maps mobile app will no longer send your location history to the cloud—it'll ...

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