Google announced a number of new features to ease holiday travel covering everything from public transit to EV driving.

Android Authority reveals that in December 2023, Google began to save your location history to the device instead of the cloud. But the emails suggest that that’s going away soon. Some emails mention a November 19 deadline for the new changes, while others say December 1. Given this ambiguity, it is best to act as soon as possible.

Google is "transforming Maps with the power of Gemini models, helping you get answers to complex questions about the world," Google's parent company, Alphabet, announced in an Oct. 31 press release. AI has already "helped us build new experiences for over a decade," but will now be a part of Maps in a largely new way, according to the company.

Google Maps is not resting on its laurels. The tech giant recently announced that it is giving it a massive AI upgrade with five new features.