Hi, when clicking or searching my business on maps it shows up with all my pictures of the business but when I click on it nothing comes up. No Busniess name or anything. Just the pictures. I believe the link that’s connected from gmb/ads to maps is broken. Any suggestions?

I am wondering if anyone else is facing the same issue here? I dont even recall when did this start appearing but it’s so annoying to have to click the share button, cancel it and then exit/stop the navigation to switch up the destination or route. The app is up to date and the thing cannot be removed unless i press the share or use the tiniest tip of my finger to press the exit without touching the share button. I am using an iPhone https://imgur.com/a/oGCYRqo

It amazes me that Google thinks we need to have Do Not Disturb on when we're in a car. Forgetting the fact that not everyone navigating is also driving, almost everyone has hands free calling these days. I also do not want my music player taking up a third of the screen; I have controls on my wheel. Google having the audacity to force this "feature" on us is even more ridiculous. So, anyone else feel it's time to move on?

Got a new router month ago, since that my location is always put into 1 address in Ukraine. After recalibration i get the right position but only for few hours then again 1 address in Ukraine. Is it something with settings of router?

Hey!

I was wondering if there’s a modified version of Google Maps or some kind of add-on that lets you change the navigation voice to a movie character, like Darth Vader or other iconic figures. Has anyone heard of an app that offers this feature?

I remember my dad used to have a GPS navigation device with Darth Vader’s voice — it was amazing! Unfortunately, we don’t have it anymore, and even if we did, the maps would probably be outdated by now.

Thanks in advance for any tips!

My car (2024 bz4x) displays location history and favorite places even though I have them turned off in google maps. I deleted the favorite places from my google maps account and it shows 0, but they still show up in the car. Anyone know how to fix this?

You can only add a venue along your route now, instead of adding multiple stops. Why did Google Maps take adding multiple stops away?

Hi everyone,

I recently gave my phone for repair and now I'm trying to restore the Timeline backup I deleted. However, while there is clearly a backup, there is no option to restore it. It just gives me an option to delete the backup.

What do I do?

I tried everything when I got hacked out course and even throughout the years I think this is the time I'm gonna try my hardest to get it back. Google offers no help at all and is so pathetic. The hacker changed everything you can think of. I have multiple emails all with the same name just different numbers. I can provide a lot of information to where the account originated everything but google doesn't ask these questions. I just need to talk to a real person please help

The scan of Mexico City, where I'm from, is approaching 10 years of age...

Using the Wiki's instructions I did submit a refresh request.

I have two Android phones using the same Google account. My older phone has 10 years of Google Maps Timeline data, and I’ve enabled the ‘Back up’ setting. However, on my new phone, I don’t see the older phone’s backup listed in Google Drive or in Google Maps → Timeline → Backup & restore. It says backing up from 3 devices but doesnt show the one with the most back up!

How can I confirm the backup uploaded correctly and force my new phone to restore that complete Timeline? I’ve tried toggling backup on/off, leaving the old phone on Wi-Fi overnight, and checking for backups in Google Drive, but so far nothing shows up. Any help would be appreciated!

This is the second time recently taking a trip with my mom, and our Google maps show wildly different ETAs. I have checked every setting to make sure we have the same (e.g., tolls, eco routes, etc). And twice now her ETA showed 30 minutes longer on what showed 1 hours for me, so a 50% increase. We also checked her background app refresh was on in settings. We checked that it was also showing the exact same route, yet mine showed green with no traffic, and hers showed red and gave a heavy traffic notification. Apple maps both times aligned with my Google maps. And both times, her Google was wrong. We did, in fact, make it in an hour instead of 1:30. Any idea what could cause this? Hidden Google or phone settings?

I have a Galaxy 24 Ultra and this past week Driving Mode has gone. I can't even find the setting anymore. Has Google discontinued this?

I've come to rely on messages being dictated etc.

I want to set my recurring work trip Mon-Fri and not Sat and Sun but I can’t figure out how.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S9 running Android 10 and am having a problem with the Google Maps app. It correctly shows my current location when I open it, but if I try to scroll out of my immediate area I get a blank screen as shown in the screen shot. But the major problem is that I can't search for anything. When I enter a search term, I just get the spinning circle for a couple of minutes and sometimes a message like "something went wrong". This just started happening about a week ago. I am thinking I may have to do a factory reset on the phone but I'd like to avoid that if possible. Thanks for any help on this.

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I am about to downgrade my mobile phone plan to one that has soft data cap. What is the minimal speed for real-time navigation (including alerts, traffic etc.) for Google Maps to function properly? Thanks

As per title a shop around me is listed on maps, but has stopped updating, in fact the name change and time changes have not been made

Furthermore, the 'It is located in' to put that place of maps in the shopping centre where it really is, is also rejected

At first I did not understand why, but then I saw that those places were claimed by a real person. But months later it no longer updates the times (which it did until about 5 months ago), how can I fix this?

I live 1/4 mile down on a 1/2 mile long dead end road. When anyone uses maps to get to my house it takes them to peppers rv park near the highway. I tried contacting google but didnt find any way to. Would have added a graphic, but couldnt figure out how to put a pic in.

https://i.goopics.net/rs3jz5.jpg

Hi there, just updated my phone and now my timeline is all gone. This never happened before, I upgrade my phone on a yearly basis. Any idea how to get it back on maps? All my cities and countries are gone. Thanks!

I'm a wildland firefighter. When using Google Maps it will route me around the fire area instead of the most direct route through it. I get that the average person shouldn't go that way, but first responders need the most efficient route.

Is there a way to let Google maps know that I'm allowed access to a closed area?

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7951629,-73.9308563,2a,75y,209.19h,88.58t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1swmn4Cxd2b_Oj6sMw7FvU4Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D1.4167742920917306%26panoid%3Dwmn4Cxd2b_Oj6sMw7FvU4Q%26yaw%3D209.19397461401758!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e2?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEyOS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Go straight through those doors.

EDIT to clarify: the titls is slightly wrong. The predicted time for fuel efficient was 63% longer at the same point than the predicted time turning that off. It's supposed to provide the fuel efficient route only when it won't add much time to the predicted route. I think 63% longer doesn't count as "close."

ORIGINAL POST:

A route we take several times a year of about 60 miles last night, in good weather, takes about 70 minutes (almost all Interstate). Last night, Maps was showing "much heavier than normal traffic" and though I left with plenty of time, the ETA started jumping and getting worse and worse. When I was 40 miles away, it was showing 1 hour 40 minutes. It was important that we weren't late, so I started looking through Maps settings since it usually would take us around congestion, and it wasn't varying the route at all.

I finally tried turning off "Prefer fuel-efficient routes" when we were 45 miles away, and the route changed to get us off the interstate and take the last ~7 miles overland. ETA went down from 1h40m (putting us 40 minutes late) to 1h01m (putting us 11 minutes late) which does *not* fit the description of "when arrival times are similar" for fuel-efficient routes.

(Whatever some of the congestion at the end was must've cleared because just a couple miles before getting off on the suggested exit, it put us back on the original route and we actually got there right on time).

1 year ago I was so excited about sharing reviews and tips with others I dedicated like 5-10% of each holiday time to post good reviews, well documented and fair. My location was always enabled on photo tags and on google maps while traveling to make sure I document only places I visit.

Wasting my time while traveling to post pictures that reached millions of views.

Randomly, out of nowhere, I observe that all my Google Reviews are deleted and this is the message.

As a Google One member, I contacted their support, only robotic copy paste, no human interaction or care about the issue.

https://imgur.com/a/rv7z3EL
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Hello guys! I admit that I had forget about the changes of Google maps, but I hope we can find a solution. last night I was searching for a place I have visited in the past. and I tried to find by location. So, as I was doing for last 10 years, I have gone to my PC to find timeline. it wasn't an option because they discontinued it. now, I do recall a notification saying to start saving the history on my device. and I did it. BUT what I want is to view that history on my PC. I have tried to find the semantic, but I wasn't able to. I tried extracting everything, but it's like a terabyte saved on my Google drive. (thank God I have so much space).. I was able to find my pinned locations, or my frequent rides. but, it's not what I was looking for. what I was looking for is a "timeline" functionality. and a way to extract places I have been. is there a chance I can achieve it, or they made it more difficult than it should be? (not mention that it seems silly). thanks in advance.

Is there an option to turn off the auto rotate to North when I have reached my destination.

I've found plenty of posts with folks upset that Timeline on browsers is over but not much on what to do about it.

One of the things I loved most about Timeline was seeing 10+ years of my travel history. I do a ton of world travel for work so it was always nice to open it up and see red dots all over the world. Is there anyway to do this now? Can I download the data from my phone and load it into Google Earth or some other mapping software? Ive seen that Earth will only allow a certain number of days before the JSON gets too big to import so I havent tried that.

Super annoyed about this decision by Google. I'd happily pay for this as I had many uses for it. Part of me wonders if Google found it was too costly to support as more and more data was being logged on their servers ever single day. When I would go to Timeline it would take 10-15 seconds before the map would generate with all the red dots so Im assuming a server somewhere was maxxed out trying to process all that. Dunno, just a guess but damn it sucks its gone.

UPDATE: Someone who works for Google Maps saw this post and reached out to me via PM. After confirming this person was safe to do so, I provided my actual address (sent to his official work email) so he could look into it. He was able to confirm the correct street name via his access to city parcel documents so he has started the process of fixing this once and for all. Hooray!

Original post: I obviously need to be vague here so as not to dox myself, so exact numbers and street names are anonymized. Google/GPS have my entire street’s addresses wrong because of one stupid letter: It has us as 456 Lakewood Drive when it needs to be 456 E Lakewood Drive. That stupid absent single letter sends ANYone using Google and GPS on a wild goose chase as there is an E-less Lakewood Drive a couple blocks east from us, so everyone gets sent to the wrong Lakewood and we get frantic texts of “There is no 456 here! The addresses don’t even have three numbers, they have five.” AUGH

I have gone in to the Google Maps app several times over the years trying to correct this—ever since during quarantine when I tried using DoorDash/Uber/etc for deliveries and every time I would get lost delivery driver calls and texts. Just a month or two ago, I’d had it to the point I went through and corrected the entire street’s addresses. I got the revision submitted email confirmation every time, and every time, nothing changed.

I have to tell delivery—really, anyone traveling to my address—not to use Google or GPS if they’re navigating here. AppleMaps, Waze, and even MapQuest have it right. Why doesn’t Google? AUGH

Is there anything else I can do so that once and for all this is fixed?