Google's closing out the year strong with a number of updates coming to its Pixel phones. The major one is the November Pixel Feature Drop, which brings a ton of new features and tweaks that aims to ...

Navigation apps are huge battery hogs. They use the screen of your phone, GPS, other sensors, and speakers to provide turn-by-turn navigation directions. This is why Google has been struggling to find ...

Steve was a Senior Writer at AP, where he covered over 40 smartphones a year. Steve has carried the latest and greatest around in his pocket for nearly 30 years, with everything from Motorola StarTACs ...

Using Google Maps for navigation is great. It combines live traffic updates, changing routes, and voice commands all from my phone. However, the heavy demands of constant GPS pings, ongoing data ...

Google Maps appears to be working on a new power saving mode for navigation. The mode would eliminate almost all UI elements and extraneous map labeling from your view. Power saving mode limitations ...