Imagine for a moment you're in a foreign country and tripping over your own tongue to give a cab driver directions they can understand. Sound familiar? Well, Google Maps is ready and willing to help.

Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Apple Maps offers surprisingly great public transport features. It recently expanded transit directions across Europe, so you can get “turn-by-turn” directions for ...

Google is testing several new features for Google Maps, including a significant user interface update that merges driving and transit menus into a single Commute option. But that's not all everyone's ...

Apple Maps, better known for its work on the iPhone and Mac, is also a brilliant preinstalled app for the Apple Watch. It lets you search for a location and then get discreet turn-by-turn directions, ...

When we first compared these two mapping services in 2012, Google trumped Apple in every category, but Apple Maps has vastly improved since then and matches its rival in most areas. We now feel ...