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  "id": 266694,
  "title": "Google Maps borrowed Waze's best features, so why do I still need both apps?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/google-maps-borrowed-wazes-best-features-so-why-do-i-still-need-both",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-07T12:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Police",
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    "url": "https://www.androidpolice.com/google-maps-waze-keep-borrowing-from-each-other-neither-gets-it-right/"
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  "summary": "Why do both apps still feel incomplete?",
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        "outlet": "Tom's Guide",
        "title": "Google Maps is eating up your phone’s storage — here’s how to reclaim it",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/google-maps-is-eating-up-your-phones-storage-heres-how-to-reclaim-it",
        "published": "2026-08-06T10:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Google",
        "title": "Ask Maps in Google Maps rolling out Personal Intelligence, real-time transit, global launch",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/ask-maps-in-google-maps-rolling-out-personal-intelligence-real-time",
        "published": "2026-08-06T12:30:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Engadget",
        "title": "Now you can chat with Google Maps to order food, reserve hotels and more",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/now-you-can-chat-with-google-maps-to-order-food-reserve-hotels-and",
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      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Google Maps just added a feature that lets you order food without leaving the app",
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        "published": "2026-08-06T12:30:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Digital Trends",
        "title": "Google Maps is getting dangerously good at planning your day",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/google-maps-is-getting-dangerously-good-at-planning-your-day",
        "published": "2026-08-06T14:25:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "Google Maps can now order takeout, choose hotels, and plan events for you",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/google-maps-can-now-order-takeout-choose-hotels-and-plan-events-for",
        "published": "2026-08-06T19:43:34.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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