My clients have left me positive Google reviews, but unfortunately, they are no longer appearing on Google. So far, I've received 99 reviews, and recently 2-3 more clients have also submitted their feedback, but those aren't showing up either. This is affecting my online presence, and I'm really looking for help in resolving this issue. I'd greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide.

Find My Device is not working for one specific account! I am able to locate multiple other devices that I'm logged into between two different separate accounts, but for some reason I am not able to use Find My Device for a third account. And yes, location is turned on for that account. It shows that it has been on since 2022. When I'm on the Find My Device website, I am able to switch back and forth between the other two accounts but when I choose the third account it just says "No active devices. Before you can use Find My Device, you must have an active Android device" Well how do I add them??? Please help!!! I need to be able to sync my newest device by tomorrow morning.

I am having an issue that I've tried a lot of things to resolve with no success. I have 4 gmail accounts, on one of them that I wish to use, when I click on the cloud button to use the cloud for travel history it tells me my data is encryptedband cannot use it.. If I switch to one of the other 3 Gmail accounts, it works fine. Is there a way to unencrypt my data to use this feature with that gmail account without having to restore things and mess things up?

So, my region is Libya specifically, and I'm confused about why such a great feature isn't available for me, I still get notifications for my timeline and timeline history which is what makes it extra frustrating since I know they are storing the data, but I just don't have access to the UI for it on my phone.

I've experimented with both Android and IOS and it's the same issue, the timeline button is missing from the app regardless of my location sharing settings and history settings etc

What's extra annoying is the drought of resources about this online, it seems like very few regions are affected by this, hence why no one is talking about it.

I opened a map route made by someone and now it's there on my google maps. I closed and opened the app but it's still there.

Two weeks ago I reset the phone to factory settings because I'm not waiting for OTA, but I use the oxygen update app and sometimes the updates don't install properly, so once in a while I do a factory reset. I of course backed up my device before. Unfortunately I've already been switched to the new timeline system and I'm sure I had my timeline backed up on google servers.

However, after restoring the phone from the backup, I found that I could not see the timeline. I sent a request for help to google support, but all I got were the obligatory answers that didn't say anything. As I try to figure out where my data is, I realized that in the map application I see three backups (nokia 7plus and twice LE2123) but on the website I see a backup from five devices (twice nokia 7 plus and three times LE2123). Is there anyone who could tell me how to get the data from all backups on the website to my phone?

Does Google Maps have a feature that reminds you to get off the bus or train at the next stop? Like the voice prompts when driving telling you to turn left or right in X amount of meters? Hopefully something that would play when using Bluetooth headphones.

Hope someone could help me out here. The address is about a mile off. I submitted multiple edits and they were all accepted. It's been few month and still not updated on google maps. I'm losing business because of this.

My business pin is in the right spot, but I hear from customers who types in the address that they get to an empty lot

It says "Can't connect to Maps. Try again in a few minutes. " With red warning triangle. Here is what I done? Disabled Google maps app Clear cache/storage and uninstall the update. Sign out account and sign in. I signed in my account another device IOS it worked.

Last time some little areas of Wangaratta were pictured by Google maps was 2010 that over a decade ago!

The “there was a stalled vehicle, is it still there?” - I DONT CARE, they never prove useful to me because I have my fucking eyes for the road already. Only thing they do is disrupting my podcast. - and I can’t turn this annoying feature off. Fuck can someone disrupt Google Map please?

we need to go back to a specified date in time and see google maps as it was back in that time. we need to see at least the names of the places around a location. is there a way?

a concierge friend of mine requires this information for his job.

Just bought a new laptop (Lenovo Legion Pro 5) and it is showing old satellite imagery from roughly 2016 on Google Maps and Google Earth, even though street view and the other layers are showing up to date imagery. The desktop version of Google Earth is showing old imagery by default, unless I use the Historical Imagery tool. My work laptop, work phone, and personal phone all show correct and up to date imagery, it is only this new laptop showing old stuff. I am staying at a hotel that was built 4 years ago. The new laptop is showing the area still under construction (roads being built but lots not even cleared yet, it's showing my hotel location as just woods) when using the Satellite layer imagery.

Bing maps is also showing up to date imagery. It's only Google Maps.

For reference the address is 406 Sigma Dr, Summerville SC. This is the imagery I am seeing. Google Earth Desktop and browser is showing the same. If I hit the Historical Imagery tool it shows the correct data.

Anyone know what the deal is or how to fix it? Thanks!

Has google maps turned into the mafia (they need their cut)? I’ve noticed that some businesses, esp restaurants, don’t pop up until I zoom way in. Which sucks particularly bc it seems to be smaller “mom and pops” Throttling the little guy much/ Mcdonalds nation. I’m not a business owner so maybe I’m out of my depth?

I used to drive a lot on Google maps in different countries and I thought that this is the pain we all need to suffer. A year ago I tried Apple maps and all of the never ending fuckups - like ending in the middle of the night in Spain in a narrow street with walls on both sides with 5 cm clearance AND ending with the flight of steep stairs while google proudly announcing - you are at your destination! - my hotel that was 700 meters away, and reachable by a road - never happened again. Apple maps is much more like tomtom. Google maps gives no fucks except for the business advertising

I know how to share a specific pin saved into favourites. But I need to share a map of a whole country of my saved favourite spots. And not as a list, but as a map for tourists. How do I do it?

https://earth.google.com/web/search/Gare+de+Lyon,+Place+Louis+Armand,+Paris,+France/@48.8747578,2.36246114,41.72278601a,0d,60y,323.4062243h,88.09598256t,0r/data=CiwiJgokCSeFEaQJbUhAEb2YJ_fdbEhAGaFrmOZe8wJAIZrRgOzM7AJAQgIIASIaChYzbVRKek1vSkR1Z2xGZGVwM1g2TWhREAJCAggASg0I____________ARAA

https://earth.google.com/web/search/Gare+de+Lyon,+Place+Louis+Armand,+Paris,+France/@48.87453665,2.36286276,41.33551407a,0d,60y,275.48395472h,81.62198764t,0r/data=CiwiJgokCSeFEaQJbUhAEb2YJ_fdbEhAGaFrmOZe8wJAIZrRgOzM7AJAQgIIASIaChY0c3lub0dMLUcxNmZNeDRwZUdfNHFREAJCAggASg0I____________ARAA

This non existent building is covering the highway on Google maps, I saw this 3 years ago, but just remembered it when looking at the area again.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/DkwPDR1dbuTrEjA46

-10.0694566, -67.5820270

P.S Zoom into see

Recently I got moved to the new infamous on-device Timeline. The transition seemed to work well.

However, after the transition, I noticed my list of visited countries became significantly shorter. I looked at the specific days in which I have been in the missing countries, and noticed that magically, long periods of times are completely missing. There are locations in the history since I first started using it (2012) until now, but just with large random chunks of it missing.

Fortunately, I have many Takeout backups, including right before the migration, in which the raw JSON is 2GB and contains all of the records from those missing days.
I exported the new Timeline after the migration, and the JSON is only ~50MB...

I have 2 questions:

1. Did anyone else encounter such an issue? Anyone heard of a way to fix this?

2. Is there any way to import my existing 2GB JSON from Takeout to the on-device new Timeline? I couldn't find anything on the internet, but I believe it should be possible at least by loading the location history to a rooted phone, patching its locally saved data, backing it up and then restoring it on the original phone. Anyone had experience with something like this?

Just lost years worth of my timeline and google maps searches two days ago :(

Opened the app overseas to reserve a restaurant and noticed 'Your Web & App activity is off' under the search bar which I never toggled.

Went to toggle it back on and got the new timeline pop up to download the timeline to my device by 1st Dec.

After going through it and selecting 'Keep until delete'

And 'Keep on' for the timeline, I went back to maps and my location and timeline history was still missing.

I only have the timeline and map search history for the past two days.

I don't know what to so, please help :(

So I moved 11 years of location history to my phone and set to never delete the day I received the notification from Google, months ago. Today 11-16-24 after an Android 15 update, I received a phone notification saying, you must save location tracking on on your phone and decide how long to keep your location data by 1 December. So I go through the process again and guess what, there is only 18 months of location history! I'm gutted. I've traveled extensively over the years and often reflected on my timeline. If you have just had an OS update, check your data is still there.

I did a Google takeout of my data after the notification email so I've only lost the ability to easily check and see the information. Sure I'm lucky I have it in a JSON database, but it's a pig to look through.

I am trying to backup my timeline data but can only see the button to do so on some of my Gmail accounts and not others (i.e. my main oldest Gmail with all my timeline history). Has anyone encountered this?

Starting navigation used to just do that. For a few months now, however, I've had to take additional steps before I can actually start driving.

With picture-in-picture enabled, the first thing it does after starting navigation is activate picture-in-picture, automatically, every time. I can see the value in viewing a map while also seeing a text conversation or something, but this is basically just kicking me back to the desktop so I have to tap a bunch to reopen the thing I just activated. This is so annoying that I deactivated picture-in-picture entirely, as I couldn't find any way to make it wait for a reason to collapse the map (which I just asked for) into a postage stamp.

And now that I've disabled that, when I start navigation, it expands the list of steps so I can't see the map. Again, this is happening automatically, every time, without any input indicating that I'd like to see the list of steps.

It's driving me batty. I just want to start navigation in Google Maps and see the Maps without having to fight for it every single time. How do I fix this?

I operate a tour company in a VERY high rent area. were talking overhead of 10 plus a month just for rent to be in prime location. what a lot of other businesses are doing is pinning their location to public parks nearby, some just at the public beach next door. I cant understand how they got a pin there, I had to do so much to verify my location, postcard, video, live call. etc.

Ive tried reporting them but they rarely get taken down. what else can I do? my lawyer wants to sue, but I don't want to spend th money or time and just want google to have them do the right thing. any ideas? this is predatory and it is sucking away business from my legitimate one. HELP thanks!

I haven't been able to do it since the new update. And no matter what layers I have on, no borders or labels appear at all.

Looking for locations for a casino and it keeps changing to the hotel interface instead of letting see which casinos are in the area. So annoying. Has anyone figured out how to disable this?

I been running my little restaurant for over 10 years now. It’s just me, my family, and a small team of hardworking folks. We’ve built this place with love, and our customers mean everything to us. But let me tell you, these reviews on Google…. they can make or break you.

Couple months ago, we had this one customer who wasn’t happy about something small—something we could’ve fixed if they just told us. Instead, they left a nasty review. And I get it, you can’t make everybody happy. But then it got weird.

Next thing I know, they’re leaving more one-star reviews under fake names. i m talking every other day. It’s obvious it’s the same person, but Google? They don’t care. I flagged them, reached out, did all the stuff you’re supposed to do, and they only took down ONE. Meanwhile, the bad reviews are sitting there dragging my business down.

I know this stuff matters cuz I’ve already seen less new faces coming in. And we’re busting our butts trying to keep regulars happy while dealing with this mess. It’s honestly exhausting.

It got me thinking… what if there was a way to stop those bad reviews from going public right away? What if, before they hit Google, there was something that could step in and say, "Hey, if you’re not happy with your experience, reach out to us first, let us fix it." And only the happy customers would get directed to leave reviews where they count—on Google or Yelp or wherever.

I’m not trying to avoid bad reviews—if someone’s upset, they should be heard—but I hate seeing these unfair reviews out there, especially when the customer never gave us a chance to make things right.

Has anyone ever thought about something like this or tried anything that works? I’m just tired of watching reviews pile up that I know aren’t an honest reflection of the business. Would love to hear if anyone else has dealt with something similar.

Thanks for reading, and any advice is appreciated!

If y’all have any tips or know a tool that’s good for this kinda thing, let me know. i'm just trying to keep my head above water here

Type in a location. It gives you 2 or three options. you select your option and start navigation and it doesn't follow the selected route. Is there a way to lock in and force the selected route?

Why? I cannot imagine that the 15 years of small timeline data in my account is taking up more space than gemini chews up hourly. Why google, Why?

Destroy Skymaps? Why? just leave it alone and don't touch it? Timeline on the server? I've gone thru countless phones over the course of many years, and yes - each one takes time and date stamps geo-located and I can see where I was. Then I can see the photos I took there. What's wrong with this? I pay for Google Plus, I pay for Google Workspace. I'm paying for the data... for the services... why go Backwards.

Please someone at google stop destroying all the things we have come to love and cherish about the programs. Add more, modify or improve. But if it's not broken don't fix it. IT's Costing nothing as I already give you money for my stuff. just put my timeline data on my google drive. Let it chew into my photo data allowance, let me store it offsite on my own NAS and sync to google drive. I use these programs for work. It's not a toy. Not a Joke. Just stop already. Please!

andy@AgoogleHostedEmailAddress or 2. I AM A paying subscriber stop taking the value away from me.