One of Google's coolest apps, by far, has yet to see the light of day for most users. I'm talking about Maps' live AR walking directions-- now known as Live View -- that shows you via a Pokémon-like ...

Google Maps is great for getting directions while driving and using public transport, but in the last year it has been rolling out more features focused on traveling by foot as well. Recently, the ...

The perfect scenario for Google’s new Visual Position System, or VPS, is one you’ve probably been in already: Emerging from a subway station in a strange city. You’ve got your route planned out on ...

I didn’t expect Google to go soaring out of the gate soon soon after the company teased its augmented reality ambitions for Google Maps at yesterday’s I/O 2019 keynote, but here we go. Starting today, ...

Google is launching a beta of its augmented reality walking directions feature for Google Maps, with a broader launch that will be available to all iOS and Android devices that have system-level ...

Earlier this year Google launched a beta of an augmented reality walking directions feature called “Live View.” Live View allows users to use Google Maps and their smartphone’s camera to see real-time ...

Augmented reality walking directions in Google Maps got a step closer today with news that a beta version of the AR feature will be rolling out to users of the app over the next couple of weeks (via ...

Two separate discoveries indicate that Google is working on power-saving features for Android that might make it possible to run full-screen apps with reduced power consumption. Android Authority's ...

Google Maps has a new power-saving mode that is supposed to reduce battery usage by showing only the most essential details ...

It was a cold, dark night. Well, actually, it was a cold, dark morning. This, it seems, will form a part of the claim that Lauren Rosenberg is offering against a the driver of a car that hit her while ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

Then I realized that Google's Gemini AI and Maps can actually "talk" to each other. I have learned from expert photographers ...