Google Maps is updating its Fused Orientation Provider (FOP) API to improve direction accuracy in busy areas. The update combines gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer data, reducing magnetic ...

Google Maps will also get glanceable directions feature. Once the user opts in, he/she just has to request directions to the destination and get going. \ Google Maps gets new glanceable directions ...

Earlier this week, Google Maps announced that starting March 1, 2025, developers will receive free access to its products—including Maps, Routes, Places, and Environment Application Programming ...

Google Maps is partially down this morning with the outage particularly impacting its website and APIs for third-party applications that use Google’s location services. Update: The issue has been ...

Glanceable directions feature on Google Maps provides real-time ETA and turn-by-turn directions in the route preview, improving the navigation experience. After a long wait, the worldwide rollout of ...

Last October, Google added new, eco-friendly driving directions to Maps. In the US, you could pull up a driving route that would take into account things like congestion and incline to find you the ...