Google used millions of Android phones to map the worst enemy of GPS
In a paper published this week in Nature, Google researchers demonstrated they were able to use GPS signal measurements ...
Google Maps will soon delete your location history – unless you tell it not to
Google’s location-tracking Timeline feature will soon only record the most recent three months of your location history, with ...
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Google Maps Makes Giant Step Towards Adding the Most Requested Feature in History
The application has recently been updated with a feature that paves the way for the introduction of a navigation mode users ...
Google Maps Is Deleting Your Entire Location History. Here’s How to Save It
Android Authority reveals that in December 2023, Google began to save your location history to the device instead of the ...
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Google Maps is the most popular navigation app by far, here's why
Alternatively, it could be third on the list, which is generically labelled 'GPS Maps'. This has 1.5 million downloads. Google Maps and Waze weren't the only Google brands to feature in the top ...
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Google uses millions of phones to map Earth’s ionosphere and improve GPS
When the air is partly ionized, freely moving electrons slightly slow down the radio signals travelling to Earth from GPS and ...
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Google Maps’ enhanced navigation will make sure you’re in the right lane
Google Maps is getting new navigation features that should make inner-city driving a little easier. When enhanced navigation rolls out in November, the blue line on Google Maps will provide a ...
Google Will Track Your Location ‘Every 15 Minutes’—‘Even With GPS Disabled’
“Every 15 minutes,” they say, the “Pixel 9 Pro XL sends a data packet to Google. The device shares location, email address, phone number, network status, and other telemetry.” This data, they found, ...