Charles Armstrong, the product manager on Google Maps, is trying to explain how the platform’s turn-by-turn directions are getting their biggest update since the service launched in 2009. Maps is an ...

Are you a loyal Google Maps user on Android, but fed up with not getting speed camera alerts during your journeys? There is a way to receive such warnings ...

As a navigation app, Google Maps also has this feature built in. However, the chances of you knowing about it are slim. In ...

Dr. Know is Jay Gilbert, radio personality and advertising prankster. Submit your questions about the city’s peculiarities ...

Pajarito, a Mexican restaurant and cocktail spot, will not reopen its St. Paul location after a temporary closure during Operation Metro Surge. The news is rosier for its Edina space.

Google is officially rolling out its biggest navigation update in over a decade with the introduction of Ask Maps and Immersive Navigation Powered by Google’s Gemini models, the app now features a ...

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Google has pushed out an emergency Chrome update to fix two previously unknown vulnerabilities that attackers were already exploiting before the patches landed. The bugs, tracked as CVE-2026-3909 and ...

The feature allows users to interact conversationally with the app, finding places such as a charging station, or available tennis court. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart ...

In recent weeks, Google has been busy adding AI features to all of its most popular apps. Following Gmail and Chrome, Maps is now the latest service to get a Gemini makeover, with a redesign of the ...

Google Maps is receiving a new Gemini-powered function that should help you find exactly what you’re looking for anywhere in the country. Called Ask Maps, it’s a new conversational experience powered ...

Google Maps will depend more heavily on artificial intelligence to help people figure out where they want to go and the best way to get there as part of a major redesign unveiled on Thursday. The ...