Google Maps Shows All the Places You Visited, Has a 'No Ice Cream' Easter Egg
Your Timeline, a new feature for Google Maps, shows all the places you’ve visited. So if you wanted an easy way of remembering the places you visited, now you have it.
And speaking about visiting places, Google Maps’ navigation feature gets upset if you pester it with “are we there yet?” questions.
Your Timeline – A New Google Maps Feature
Earlier this week, Google announced that it is gradually rolling out Your Timeline, a new feature for Google Maps, feature that is available on desktops and Android.
By using Location History information, Your Timeline is able to display your most visited places and all the places you’ve visited in the past.
“Your Timeline allows you to visualize your real-world routines, easily see the trips you’ve taken and get a glimpse of the places where you spend your time. And if you use Google Photos, we’ll show the photos you took when viewing a specific day, to help resurface your memories,” explained Gerard Sanz, Product Manager with Google Maps.
Your Timeline – Privacy Concerns
If you did not enable Location History or if you made the deliberate choice to disable Location History, you’re in the clear. Your Location works only if you opted-in to store your Location History with Google. When Location History is off, no information about the places you visit is stored. Consequently, Google Maps’ Your Timeline doesn’t know where you’ve been, doesn’t know what places you visited.
But if you disable Location History, Google won’t be able to offer automatic commute predictions, improved search results, local weather forecasts, and other goodies. So if you did not disable Location History, if you opted-in to store your Location History with Google, here’s what you need to know:
Google Maps Easter Egg – No Ice Cream!
Google Maps' navigation mode will help you get to your destionation. But if you keep asking it “are we there yet?” it will get upset and serve a hilarious Easter Egg.
The fourth time you ask it “are we there yet?” it will reply with “if you ask me again, we won’t stop for ice cream.”
And speaking about visiting places, Google Maps’ navigation feature gets upset if you pester it with “are we there yet?” questions.
Your Timeline – A New Google Maps Feature
Earlier this week, Google announced that it is gradually rolling out Your Timeline, a new feature for Google Maps, feature that is available on desktops and Android.
By using Location History information, Your Timeline is able to display your most visited places and all the places you’ve visited in the past.
“Your Timeline allows you to visualize your real-world routines, easily see the trips you’ve taken and get a glimpse of the places where you spend your time. And if you use Google Photos, we’ll show the photos you took when viewing a specific day, to help resurface your memories,” explained Gerard Sanz, Product Manager with Google Maps.
Your Timeline – Privacy Concerns
If you did not enable Location History or if you made the deliberate choice to disable Location History, you’re in the clear. Your Location works only if you opted-in to store your Location History with Google. When Location History is off, no information about the places you visit is stored. Consequently, Google Maps’ Your Timeline doesn’t know where you’ve been, doesn’t know what places you visited.
But if you disable Location History, Google won’t be able to offer automatic commute predictions, improved search results, local weather forecasts, and other goodies. So if you did not disable Location History, if you opted-in to store your Location History with Google, here’s what you need to know:
- Your Timeline is private and visible only to you.
- You can choose what locations to keep (selectively delete location data).
- You can delete all your location data.
Google Maps Easter Egg – No Ice Cream!
Google Maps' navigation mode will help you get to your destionation. But if you keep asking it “are we there yet?” it will get upset and serve a hilarious Easter Egg.
The fourth time you ask it “are we there yet?” it will reply with “if you ask me again, we won’t stop for ice cream.”
