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Google says pick Maps or Waze in the car — here's how I use both

Despite its litany of flaws, I love Android Auto. It makes driving more enjoyable by offering easy access to my music collection and putting important navigation information front and center. However, ...
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Google Maps lets you customize your car icon on Android Auto and CarPlay – how to do it

New updates to Google Maps have made it possible to show a custom car icon during navigation through both Android Auto and CarPlay. Here’s how it works. Back in February 2025, Google Maps introduced ...
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Google Maps Can Now Display Real-Time Battery Information In Your EV

Google Maps is obviously the most popular mapping service in the world, but both Google and Apple have had an issue with electric vehicle makers like Tesla and Rivian. Both of those companies favor ...
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Google Maps on Android Auto is getting smarter about using all your vehicle's screens

Google Maps has recently started offering a navigation pop-up on select instrument cluster displays. So far this has been spotted on the Polestar 2. We previously saw Waze delivering a similar ...
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Google Maps Gets an Option to Send Routes to Android Cars

Google Maps is getting another useful feature on Android Automotive, this time as part of what looks to be an increasing effort to bring all devices running Google software in sync. The Mountain ...