Google Street View is now a much smoother experience on mobile and the desktop thanks to a new rendering engine for Maps. The new renderer should translate to a noticeably smoother experience when ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Google Maps’ Street View feature was created 15 years ago, and since then, has added more than 220 billion Street View images from over 100 countries and territories. Many of us have taken advantage ...

The new feature, introduced at Google I/O 2022, gives a rotating 3D view of cities from the air, with live traffic and weather. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces. Over ...

Besides Lens, Google’s big bet on augmented reality is in Maps. AR walking directions rolled out to Android and iOS last year, with more features on the way. Google Maps is now using Live View to ...

With artificial intelligence infiltrating nearly every aspect of our lives, it was only a matter of time before the most widely used mapping tool on the planet incorporated it as well. Google Maps has ...

Traveling can be a gamble, but Google Maps Immersive View attempts to tip the odds in your favor using AI. Immersive View creates dynamic 3D models of travel destinations in multiple cities across the ...

With the launch of Google’s Cardboard VR smartphone adapter at Google I/O 2014 earlier this week, the company hopes to kickstart VR development for Android. In addition to the Cardboard app, Google ...

An update to Google’s Street View app on Android will now let anyone contribute their photos to help enhance Google Maps, the company announced this morning. Using a “connected photos” tool in the new ...

Behind every Google Map, there is a much more complex map that's the key to your queries but hidden from your view. The deep map contains the logic of places: their no-left-turns and freeway on-ramps, ...

Now, it's up to you to choose what you want Google to blur. Using your mouse, adjust the view of the image so that your home ...