Thousands of Google Maps users across the country reported problems with the app Thursday afternoon, including reports coming ...

Downdetector, which tracks service outages in real time, shows a spike of user-reported outages for Google Maps as of 1 p.m.

Google Maps has been around for nearly two decades and is the most popular navigation app. Waze is more community-centric while Apple Maps has a loyal user base of iPhone owners. Each navigation app ...