Google Maps is getting three new features intended to help you coordinate your plans like checking out a landmark without leaving your house or keeping tabs on your friends locations at a festival.

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Google Maps is adding a new Aerial button that simplifies switching from Street View to Satellite View. Check it out ahead of its release!

Google's 3D "immersive view" isn't completely ready, but you can get a glimpse of it starting today. The company is rolling out updates to Google Maps for Android and iOS that introduce aerial views ...

Google is rolling out some new Maps features to its iOS and Android apps for the summer, including new location sharing options, cycling directions enhancements, and photorealistic aerial views of ...

At I/O in May, Google announced a 3D immersive view for Maps that would let you see the world in a whole new way. As a first step toward it, the company is rolling out “photorealistic aerial views” of ...

Google — facing increasing competition from other apps like Instagram and TikTok when it comes to consumers searching for things — wants to be the first place people go for discovery and planning ...

Google Maps' Street View feature gives you a street-level view of an area, showing you much more detail than you can see from aerial views. Using Street View, you can "visit" your business or the area ...

Google Maps can easily help users save and navigate to their parking spots. This quick trick can save you time and help avoid ...

Sometimes when you scroll across a Google Map screen you'll see blocks of grey. Usually this occurs when the map is set to satellite view and the application struggles to load the data fast enough.