Google has confirmed the recent loss of Timeline data from the Maps app due to technical issues. Thankfully, users will be able to get the data back, provided they have backed it up beforehand.

Google Maps' Timeline feature is a great way to look back on your past travels—if you have the data to look back on. Timeline users over the past couple of weeks have noticed that their data is ...

Google Maps is sunsetting web access for its Timeline feature that allows users to view their location history. The company is switching to an on-device approach that is more private and works on each ...

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 ...

It looks like Google's Timeline feature is getting some privacy improvements. Credit: google Google Maps' Timeline feature is getting a significant update to enhance user privacy. SEE ALSO: Leaked ...

Back in December, Google announced that Maps Location History would soon be stored on your phone instead of the cloud. This change to the Google Maps Timeline is continuing to roll out, and will see ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, some Google Maps users found that their Timeline location history was missing, but the company has now fixed the issue. In a statement to us today, Google acknowledged the “No ...

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 ...

The Google Maps Timeline has long been a useful though slightly uncomfortable feature that maintains a complete record of everywhere your phone goes (and probably you with it). Google recently changed ...

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