New updates to Google Maps have made it possible to show a custom car icon during navigation through both Android Auto and CarPlay. Here’s how it works. Back in February 2025, Google Maps introduced ...

Despite its litany of flaws, I love Android Auto. It makes driving more enjoyable by offering easy access to my music collection and putting important navigation information front and center. However, ...

A recent update may give you more heads-up information when using Google Maps navigation right at your steering wheel if you have a digital dashboard that supports Android Auto. Previously, when using ...

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Bugs in the Android Auto world come and go, sometimes without users changing anything on their sides. This has become a common experience, but nobody can deny it's getting utterly frustrating when it ...

Millions of drivers use Google Maps for driving directions, but it can also save parking spots. Both Maps and Waze (a Google company) can store your car's location using satellite technology and help ...

Incident reporting has always been Waze's main selling point. Using crowdsourcing and the power of a large community, Waze can understand what happens on roads worldwide by giving its userbase the ...