Google Maps gives you more control from the blue dot

An image of the blue dot Google Maps uses to signify your current location on a map.

Just tap the blue dot for more control.

Google Maps has gotten some fun updates recently, and now it’s offering some more privacy-forward tweaks as it adds more ways to control your location data. It starts, as so many journeys do with that little blue dot in Google Maps: aka, you... or, your current location at least.

Right now, tapping the blue dot in Google Maps offers shortcuts to save your parking or share your location. This update — which I’m already seeing on my Pixel 8 Pro review unit — adds options for device location and location history. You can see at a glance whether they’re on or off, and you can toggle them with just a couple of taps.

Image: Google

Clicking the blue dot now offers quick control over more settings.

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