We've spotted a couple significant changes in the works for how you search for destinations along a route in Google Maps.

The Google Maps UI has largely been unchanged for the past several years, but that’s now changing with pretty significant redesigns across key surfaces, including when searching for directions. For ...

Last October, Google added new, eco-friendly driving directions to Maps. In the US, you could pull up a driving route that would take into account things like congestion and incline to find you the ...

Google is finally adding a new feature to Maps that it announced a full year ago. "Glanceable directions" is now rolling out to iOS and Android devices, and should offer a useful and convenient way to ...

Google Maps looks set to make it even simpler to keep track of how far you are from home. At least one user has spotted that the app now shows your estimated travel time directly in the Home chip ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – You might start seeing more ads when getting directions from Google’s popular mapping service. The ads, called “promoted pins,” will highlight restaurants and other merchants ...

One unexpected benefit of offline maps is battery life. Instead of letting my phone waste power searching for a weak signal, ...

It's possible to change the Google Maps voice for directions by changing its language settings. The process is different for iPhone and Android.