Google Maps rolls out Glanceable directions for easy navigation: What it is and how it works

1 year, 1 month ago

Google Maps rolls out Glanceable directions for easy navigation: What it is and how it works

Google Maps New Features: Google Maps keeps improving with new features to help users navigate more easily. One of the latest ones is called "Glanceable directions," which shows turn-by-turn directions and your ETA right on your lock screen. Availability and rollout Google is slowly giving Glanceable directions to users around the world on Android and iOS. Steps to enable Glanceable directions To turn on Glanceable directions: Open Google Maps.

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4 Things Apple Maps Does Better Than Google Maps

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These 3 new features on Google Maps will change your navigation experience | Deets inside

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These 3 new features on Google Maps will change your navigation experience | Deets inside

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Google rolling out 'Immersive View' in Maps worldwide

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Google Maps gets improved live view, eco-friendly routing in latest update

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5 Google Maps Tricks you must know to ease your driving experience

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Google Maps gets immersive view feature

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Google Maps gets immersive view feature

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Google Maps brings back 'compass' feature on Android along with more features

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Google Maps brings back 'compass' feature on Android along with more features

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Google Maps Will Soon Allow You to Update New and Changed Roads By Just Drawing Them

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Google Maps Will Soon Allow You to Update New and Changed Roads By Just Drawing Them

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Google Maps' new update brings visual improvements to help users understand location, surroundings better

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Google Maps' new update brings visual improvements to help users understand location, surroundings better

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Google Maps to Show Road Width, Sidewalks, Terrain Details and More With Major Redesign

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Google Maps to Show Road Width, Sidewalks, Terrain Details and More With Major Redesign

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Google Maps redesign to get more detailed and colourful

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Google Maps redesign to get more detailed and colourful

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Google Maps will now show trending spots near you. How to access

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Google Maps will now show trending spots near you. How to access

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Google Maps gone wrong again? Traveller nearly drives into pond following GPS directions; netizens react

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Google Maps' Street View helped solving a murder mystery in Spain: Detailed story

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Google Maps can be dangerous if not used with caution, keep THESE things in mind before using it

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‘Google Maps can be…’: Netizens react as 3 die after car following ’incorrect navigation’ falls from incomplete bridge

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Google Maps Unveils Gemini-Powered Suggestions and Driving Tools

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Google Maps Embraces AI: A New Era of Navigation and Entertainment

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Looking for new activities? Google wants you to turn to its navigation app

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Google announces 5 new features for Android users: Here's what you need to know and who will get them

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Google Maps: How to report accidents, road closures; an easy guide

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Google Maps: How to report accidents, road closures; an easy guide

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Google Maps Will Finally Alert You About Taking The Flyover While Driving: More New Features Coming To India

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Google Maps AI routing feature to help car users avoid narrow lanes in Chennai, Bengaluru, Coimbatore

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Apple Maps for web in public beta introduced to challenge Google Maps

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Google Maps To Soon Rollout Speedometer & Speed Limit Indicators For iPhone Users

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You can save your parking location on Google Maps for easy navigation: Here's how

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Ola Maps launched as alternative to Google Maps for cab operations

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New Google Maps feature to store location history on your device: Know-how

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These new Google features will make life easier for people with low vision, hearing impairment

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Authorities tell tourists 'don't just rely on Google Maps' while travelling through outback Queensland

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Google Maps error forces lost tourists to walk 60km from bogged car in Cape York

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1 year, 2 months ago

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Google Maps Now Uses Generative AI Power To Find You Places To Eat: Details Here

1 year, 2 months ago

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1 year, 2 months ago

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1 year, 3 months ago

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1 year, 3 months ago

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1 year, 3 months ago

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1 year, 4 months ago

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1 year, 4 months ago

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1 year, 4 months ago

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1 year, 5 months ago

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1 year, 7 months ago

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iOS 17 upgrade: Apple Maps to show real-time EV charging info

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iPhone 14 Dynamic Island Will Soon Offer Google Maps Turn-By-Turn Navigation

2 years, 1 month ago

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