You can track someone on Google Maps as long as the person you want to track has opted into sharing their location.

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Google Maps users have had trouble merging old and new Timeline location history or data from separate accounts. A new tool will enable you to merge and convert all of your data into a unified dataset ...

Which way to the future? Google Maps is revving up for the rollout of significant, artificial intelligence-fueled improvements in the weeks and months to come. Already popping up for some users, the ...

Your Google Maps timeline shows all the countries, cities, and attractions you've visited. You can find it in the mobile app and on the website.

Google is making it easier to follow the rules of the road—or at least know when you should pay extra attention to them. New traffic-tracking features are coming to Maps and Waze, including the ...

Want to know where your child is and if they are safe on their way? Google Maps has a little-known but helpful feature to share real-time location, making it easier to stay connected and ensure loved ...

Every month, Google sends me a report about where I've been, and I have to say that I'm not a fan. In fact, the idea that Google is following me around, via Maps, disturbs me. That's not the only ...

Thanks to my extremely poor sense of direction, Google Maps is an essential travel app for me — for both short trips to different parts of the city, as well as longer routes that I have no chance of ...