Apple is revisiting the idea of placing ads in Apple Maps
In 2022, Mark Gurman warned that Apple was considering putting advertisements in Apple Maps (and in other areas of the iPhone), but that ultimately didn’t happen. Now it looks like…
Google Street View camera captures highly suspicious act, leading to arrests
Imagery from Google’s Street View has reportedly helped to solve a murder case in northern Spain. Street View is the online tool that lets you view 360-degree imagery captured by…
Google Maps is getting 2 helpful new features. Here’s how they work
Google Maps is getting some useful new features that should significantly improve navigation. This follows a major redesign that Google unveiled during Google I/O 2024, which showcased a cleaner home…
The Best Alternatives to Google Maps
Screenshot: Dua Rashid / Gizmodo Founded in 2006, Waze is a navigation service that works on crowdsourced data. The idea is that Waze users provide data for other users of…
How to Purge the AI From Your Google Searches
“Let Google do the searching for you.” That is the new tagline from Google’s I/O conference this week, where the company announced it will be injecting AI-generated answers at the…
Google Rolls out New Accessibility Feature That Lets You Talk by Staring At Emojis
Sure, Google I/O was one massive AI-palooza focused mostly on Gemini. But for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, there are a few more AI-enhanced vision features coming to some accessibility features…
Hidden Google Maps Features You Should Know About
Screenshot: Dua Rashid / Gizmodo Just like wheelchair-accessible routes, Google Maps also shows you fuel-efficient routes. It’s a setting that you’d need to turn on just once, and all your…
Google Maps Is Officially the Greatest App of All Time
Graphic: Gizmodo After 31 days in the trenches of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge, Google Maps has emerged victorious! If you’re just tuning in, you can read all about our…
The Greatest App of All Time Day 29: Google Maps vs. YouTube
Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Yesterday’s contest ended in a stunning upset with Google Earth being eliminated by the…
How to Organize Your Travel With This Little-Known Google Maps Feature
If you haven’t spent a lot of time inside Google Maps—besides getting from A to B and finding the nearest restaurant or bar—then you might not know about all the…