Google is rolling out significant changes to its Maps Timeline feature, which tracks your location history. As part of this update, you will soon receive notifications that your Timeline data will be ...

Update, Dec. 19, 2024: This story, originally published Nov. 20 now includes a new statement regarding inactive Gmail account deletion timelines from a Google spokesperson. I received an email from ...

Google Maps is killing Timeline on the web as it pushes users to only use the app to keep location data more private. Reading time 2 minutes If you’re mainly plotting routes through Google Maps on ...

Google is rolling out a new Timeline menu on Android that lets you access your Google Maps location history. Google announced last year that it would no longer store your location history on the web, ...

For years, Google Maps stored location history in the cloud. Users could access their travel records anytime by logging into their accounts. But in December 2023, Google changed this system. Now, all ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Google has been tracking your location history in Google Maps, ...

Google Maps has been able to keep track of where you go for some time. Called Location History, this feature would show you a map of where you’ve been using your location data. According to a new ...

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Around 2024, Google removed the ability to view your Timeline data (previously known as Location History) on your web browser — meaning the feature is now only available in the Google Maps mobile apps ...