Google on Wednesday announced a new layer it's adding to Google Maps that will let users see timely, critical information about multiple major wildfires at once. The feature could be particularly ...

Google Maps will now make it easier to determine if a wildfire is on track to plow through your area. Reading time 2 minutes Here’s an ominous sign of the times: Alongside other more mundane data like ...

During its “Search On” event this afternoon, Google announced new changes and updates in an effort to better track climate change. Google Maps is adding a new “Fire” layer to its apps as Google’s ...

Google Maps is making it easier to find the latest information about wildfires as part of a push to ensure the immensely popular app is more useful during emergencies. On Wednesday, Google said it’s ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK, N.Y. (PIX11) — One New Yorker is ...

In a relatively quiet move, Google Maps has removed a layer from its app that showed COVID-19 hotspots. In 2020, Google Maps added a layer to its app on mobile phones and the web that showed COVID-19 ...

Google made several Google Maps announcements in its Search On event on Wednesday. They highlight some of Google's navigation-related initiatives that might not have an immediate impact on the way ...