On Wednesday, the company launched four upgrades to Google Maps that make it easier for users to get where they want to go, including new multimodal features, such as conversational natural language prompts to find a stop en route or Lens to identify new places at your destination.

Through vast cross-country stretches or tight city streets, Google Maps and Waze guide you where you need to go—but which one is the top map app? I put them head-to-head to find out.

Google Maps can easily help users save and navigate to their parking spots. This quick trick can save you time and help avoid lost car anxiety.

As per a post on its official blog, Google says that AI-powered live lane guidance is coming to Google Maps. It will use the front-facing camera on the vehicle to see which lane you're currently in, and tell you to move over if you need to.

Maps is also using Gemini to get smarter about how it phrases navigation instructions. Expect to get a lot less “turn in 500 feet” and more useful contextual information, like turns based on landmarks you can actually see from where you are.

To download a map in Google Maps offline, open the Google Maps app on iOS or Android and tap your profile picture on the top right (you must be logged in to your Google account for this to work). In the menu that appears, tap Offline maps > Select Your Own Map.

How to Permanently Blur Your Home on Google Maps Street View Android Headlines Enter Street View: Click the photo of your home to enter the Street View mode. Enter Street View: Tap the photo thumbnail to enter the Street View mode.

Your daily life as a Google user will soon look slightly different. The logos for both Google Maps and Google Photos are reportedly set for a revamp. The news comes from Google-focused tech website 9to5Google,