Overall, the new layer is somewhat useful, but it doesn't seem like a very serious effort, and it pales next to the wealth of weather apps and sites already available. To add the weather layer to a ...

Google on Wednesday announced a new layer it's adding to Google Maps that will let users see timely, critical information about multiple major wildfires at once. The feature could be particularly ...

In a relatively quiet move, Google Maps has removed a layer from its app that showed COVID-19 hotspots. In 2020, Google Maps added a layer to its app on mobile phones and the web that showed COVID-19 ...

Google Maps will now make it easier to determine if a wildfire is on track to plow through your area. Reading time 2 minutes Here’s an ominous sign of the times: Alongside other more mundane data like ...

New Yorkers will no longer be forced to buy something they don’t need in order to use the restroom at a shop or drugstore, thanks to a new layer in Google Maps that shows New York City public restroom ...