A recent report hints at an all-new black-and-white mode for Google Maps that works on the lock screen. Here's how this could transform walking navigation.

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 ...

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 ...

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, one of the best navigation apps, could be getting a new power-saving mode for navigation that is extremely ...

Google Maps can easily help users save and navigate to their parking spots. This quick trick can save you time and help avoid ...

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, ...

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, ...

The AR feature operates similarly to standard Google Maps, using the device's GPS to pinpoint your location. However, instead of making you follow a tiny blue dot on a virtual version of the street, ...