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Google officially announced MCP support for Google Maps on December 10, 2025, introducing Maps Grounding Lite - a fully-managed MCP server for geospatial data and routing. This community project ...

Google Maps on Android Auto appears to have stopped automatically expanding the Suggested Destinations dropdown on launch. This unannounced change solves a long-time pain point for users who rarely ...

Abstract: Machine learning technology has achieved excellent results in Android malware detection, however, existing detection methods ignore the frequent changes of API in malware, resulting in their ...

Google Maps will get a nifty new upgrade with the continued rollout of the Material 3 (M3) Expressive update, the Android creator’s new visual identity that it’s slowly pushing to its suite of apps.

Google Maps may be testing Live Updates integration for navigation on some devices. More users now report seeing the feature in action, but the test group appears to be very limited. Google Maps Live ...

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A new bug that's seemingly becoming more widespread following a recent update has Google Maps telling users that their active routes are faster without rerouting or suggesting alternate routes. Follow ...

If you are an Android user who enjoys the convenience of accessing your favorite music streaming applications while navigating with Google Maps, then you may have noticed that some music playback ...