You can stop Google from tracking your Android device by disabling Google's "Location History" option, or by disabling specific apps.

You can disable Google Maps' Timeline history of the places you've visited. You can also disable Maps from tracking you through the app's settings.

Through vast cross-country stretches or tight city streets, Google Maps and Waze guide you where you need to go—but which one ...

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Google Maps is reportedly testing a new Power Saving Mode designed to extend battery life during navigation by simplifying ...

CoMaps is community-driven, open-source, transparent, and the developers aren't concerned with making a profit. The app is fairly new (just hitting Google Play Store and the Apple App Store around ...

Google Maps is testing a new monochrome power-saving mode that helps users navigate when their phone battery is running low.

Every month, Google sends me a report about where I've been, and I have to say that I'm not a fan. In fact, the idea that Google is following me around, via Maps, disturbs me. That's not the only ...

Thanks to my extremely poor sense of direction, Google Maps is an essential travel app for me — for both short trips to different parts of the city, as well as longer routes that I have no chance of ...