Google Maps now supports the Now Bar feature on One UI 7, providing live navigation updates on the lock screen for a seamless experience.

The change will only be visible to U.S. users. Those in Mexico will still see “Gulf of Mexico,” while those in the rest of the world will see both names on the map.

The company said it would stick to its “longstanding practice” of showing the local official name for a geographical areas when when "official names vary between countries."

Google Maps is changing the "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" and the "Denali" peak to "Mount McKinley" based on US government orders.

Google announced that it would be taking steps to change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US on its Google Maps platform.

Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday.

President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum says her country is reaching out to Google about its Maps change and is suggesting additional revisions of its own.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has written a letter to Google asking the firm to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring the body of water - which is bordered by the US,

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said Google is wrong to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its Google Maps platform after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the body of water be renamed the "Gulf of America.

Google has introduced "Ask for Me," a new experimental feature in Search Labs that automates calls to local businesses.

One of the big new features in Samsung’s Android 15 update, One UI 7, is the “Now Bar,” and the latest Google Maps update is adding support for it as we wait for a wider rollout.