Late last year, Waze faced serious questions about its future at Google when, as part of Google’s company-wide efforts at cost-cutting, Waze lost its status as an independent company. The mapping app ...

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We scarcely need reminding that Google is putting AI into everything, but its latest push is probably one of the most interesting and immediately helpful yet, as Google Maps has now entered its Gemini ...

One of Waze’s best features has just arrived to the Google Maps app, incident reports. The rollout has started, and while not everyone may have this feature immediately, it’s coming soon. This change ...

More than 2 billion people use Google Maps every month, according to the company, and in fact, AI is nothing new to Google Maps. “A lot of those features that we’ve introduced over the years have been ...

In lieu of engineers that morning, scrums of reporters buzzed around the garage as Google vice presidents announced how the company’s artificial intelligence system Gemini is integrating into Maps, so ...