Google Maps Timeline now stores data on-device instead of in the cloud, risking data loss if you lose your phone or switch devices. However, you can turn on cloud backup for the Timeline feature. It ...

Google admitted it had a Maps timeline-erasing bug, but there’s a way to get it back. These are the steps you should follow to restore your deleted timeline (with one major caveat). And there are ...

Google is rolling out significant changes to its Maps Timeline feature, which tracks your location history. As part of this update, you will soon receive notifications that your Timeline data will be ...

Google Maps is killing Timeline on the web as it pushes users to only use the app to keep location data more private. Reading time 2 minutes If you’re mainly plotting routes through Google Maps on ...

In a recent update to Google Maps, users were given the option to store their location history either locally on their devices or on an encrypted cloud backup. However, earlier this month, some Google ...

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Google Maps has been able to keep track of where you go for some time. Called Location History, this feature would show you a map of where you’ve been using your location data. According to a new ...

Some users just had their timeline data wiped from Google Maps. The company told Mashable in a statement that it "briefly experienced a technical issue that caused the deletion of Timeline data for ...

In today's day and age, it can feel almost impossible to keep anything private, such as your whereabouts, and we're often at the mercy of companies to take actionable steps to do so. To that end, ...