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Latest GPS Navigation Reviews

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Driving in circles? A good GPS can help get you where you're going quickly and safely so you arrive on time.

By Will Greenwald
Garmin Drive 53 & Traffic
3.5

Waze is a navigation app that offers top-notch crowdsourced road information, but it lacks the competition's non-driving options.

By Jordan Minor
Waze logo
4.5
Editors' Choice

Google Maps remains the gold standard for navigation apps due to its superior directions, real-time data, and various tools for traveling in urban and rural environments.

By Jordan Minor
Google Maps
4.0

Apple Maps is closing the navigation app gap with easy-to-read icons, temperature readings, air quality reports, an impressive 3D Flyover mode, and better privacy protection than Google Maps.

By Jordan Minor
Apple Maps

If you're traveling to a new place, would like to shorten your daily commute, or want to find the lowest gas price, check out the best map apps we've tested.

By Jordan Minor
Navigation Apps

Users can explore a beta version of Maps on Safari and Chrome on Mac and iPad, as well as Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs via beta.maps.apple.com.

By Jibin Joseph
A screenshot of the Apple Maps website in beta.

The features land on Google Maps for iOS five years after their debut on Android phones.

By Jibin Joseph
A photo of the Google Maps app icon, with car gauges in the backdrop.

Today, Waze began surfacing electric vehicle charger details in select countries, bringing it more on-par with what Google Maps and PlugShare have offered for years.

Revisit the 1970s, '80s, and '90s with this limited-time theme.

By Stephanie Mlot

Planning your next road trip is about to get easier and potentially cheaper.

By Stephanie Mlot

The DOJ's investigation focuses on the restrictions Google places on vehicle manufacturers and software developers looking to use Google Maps in their products.

By Nathaniel Mott

These tricks will help you better navigate the crowdsourced directions app to get you where you need to go faster.

By Chandra Steele

The joint effort aims to help folks 'learn how to find more joy and meaning on the road.'

By Stephanie Mlot

The limited-time feature turns the animated pups into your co-pilot.

By Stephanie Mlot

They’re working on a battery-free system built on reflecting sound instead of generating it.

By Sherin Shibu

Users are encouraged to try Google Maps' location-sharing services, instead.

By Stephanie Mlot

Other improved location features include overlaid arrows to help meet up with friends and the use of machine learning for more accurate destination pin placement.

By Stephanie Mlot

Google also announced compatibility with Apple's CarPlay Dashboard.

By Stephanie Mlot

The first set of 30 Moods is 'just the beginning,' the company promised.

By Stephanie Mlot

The Garmin Speak can turn your wheels into a well-oiled, voice-controlled machine, and it's currently $50 off at Amazon.

By Mashable Staff
Garmin Speak