With more than 1 billion people using the app every month to navigate their surroundings, Google Maps is one of the most popular smartphone apps out there. Most of that Google Maps use happens on ...

If you open Google Maps on your computer (go ahead, I'll wait), you'll likely see the town or city you live in, or maybe the last place you looked up. Now, zoom out. No, more than that. Keep going.

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

Google Maps is one of the most popular apps there is. It’s used by more than a billion people every month across Android, iOS, and the web. It’s also an app with more features and functions in it than ...