AI features and a brand new way to view Google Maps are currently rolling out in the app for its biggest upgrade in a decade.

Google introduces Gemini-powered Immersive Navigation to rival Apple’s 35-city Detailed City Experience. Here’s the 2026 navigation breakdown.

Unless you still had an old-school paper map in the glove box, GPS units were the only way to get route guidance in a car before Google Maps and Waze became a thing. Times have changed, and ...