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

10 months, 1 week ago

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

Google has significantly updated the Maps app’s privacy, focusing on how it handles users’ location data. It was earlier when Maps' location history was stored on Google’s servers, but this is about to change. Location history to store locally The recent announcement, made by Google states that the location history will be saved directly on users' devices, instead of the cloud. Benefits of local storage in Google Maps By saving the location history in the local storage on the iOS and Android devices, users will no longer need to rely on the cloud servers.

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Google Maps to delete your location history soon: Know-why

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Google Maps to delete your location history soon: Know-why

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Google to stop sharing location data of people with police, will not respond to geofence warrants

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Google to stop sharing location data of people with police, will not respond to geofence warrants

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

1 year, 4 months ago

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

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Google Maps to add new Timeline feature to remember places you visited

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How to set home and work addresses in Google Maps? Here's a guide

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How to automatically delete your location history on Google Maps

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Google Maps' new Incognito mode comes to iOS

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Google Maps' new Incognito mode comes to iOS

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Google promises better privacy tools, smarter AI assistant

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Google promises better privacy tools, smarter AI assistant

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Google will now let you auto-delete your location tracking data

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Google says it tracks location even when location history is turned off

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Google stores location data 'even when users have told it not to'

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Google stores location data 'even when users have told it not to'

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Google Maps now lets you make custom lists of places and share them

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Google Maps now lets you make custom lists of places and share them

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Google Maps now allows smartphone users to retrace their steps

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Google Maps now allows smartphone users to retrace their steps

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