A clear comparison of Google Maps and Apple Maps in 2025, focusing on privacy, features, ecosystem integration, and AI-powered navigation.

This week Apple brought Apple Maps to the web in beta, bringing it one step closer to parity with Google Maps, which has long been available via web browsers. Of course, iPhone owners will still turn ...

Here are the apps I tried, and why I still went back to Google Maps. The most apparent competitor to Google Maps is Waze, a navigation app Google owns but keeps separate. This information often yields ...

Google Maps has been around for nearly two decades and is the most popular navigation app. Waze is more community-centric while Apple Maps has a loyal user base of iPhone owners. Each navigation app ...

At Google I/O, Google showed off more detailed street maps and live views so you can better plan your route, no matter how you're traveling. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in 2019, ...

With Google Maps, you don't just navigate routes. You can do many other interesting things as well. Besides navigation, ...