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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 ...

Update, March 8, 2025: This story, originally published March 7, has been updated with details of more data that Google has confirmed it will be deleting unless account holders take swift action to ...

Google Maps Timeline history is vanishing for some users for no known reason. The transition to on-device location history may be the cause, or the new Find My Device setup could be at fault. Users ...