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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sasha Lekach covers electric vehicles and vehicle technology. As Google Maps approaches 20 years next year, it’s fitting that its ...

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 ...

"AI has really supercharged the way we map," according to Chris Phillips, vice president and general manager of Google's Geo team. In an effort to revolutionize the way users interact with its ...

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 ...