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Google Maps could soon have a helpful power-saving mode

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Millions of us rely on Google Maps to get us from A to B; it would be fair to call it an indispensable tool for its users. If you have ever turned to the navigation app, you will almost certainly have noticed that it is something of a battery killer. Now Google is looking to do something about this, according to a new report. A new power-saving mode is in the works that will maximize battery life when navigating. Why is the change so important, …
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Google Maps is already an indispensable tool for millions of drivers and travellers. But if your phone falls flat, all its functions become useless. Google just wants to avoid this scenario with a new mode of extreme energy saving, currently under development, that would allow Google Maps to remain functional even on a battery [...] The article Google Maps prepares an ultra-energy saving mode to survive 1% battery appeared first on BlogNT: the B…

Google is experimenting with a "low-power" mode for Maps: a minimalist, black-and-white interface to reduce power consumption, still in the testing phase and not fully functional. - on macitynet.it Google is working on a version of Maps that displays only the bare minimum

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BetaNews broke the news in on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
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