Google Brings Your Timeline Feature to iOS

Demand an alibi? Google can help.

The Web giant back in 2022 introduced a feature for Android and desktop users called Your Timeline that tracks and records all the places you've been, and now the feature is launching for iOS users as well.

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"What was the name of that antiquarian store I popped into the other day? Where was that coffee store we discovered on our final vacation? Did I drop off the dry cleaning on Tuesday or Wed? Answering questions like these used to accept some guesswork (and a nifty memory)," Google Maps Product Director Gerard Sanz wrote in a web log post. With Your Timeline, it volition exist a lot easier. The feature offers a "daily snapshot" of the things you've done and the places you've been on a given day, calendar month, or year.

Also launching it on iOS, Google made a few updates to the tool and said it should now exist easier to control the information that appears in Your Timeline. Yous can edit any location, delete your history for a day or longer, or wipe your entire history at any fourth dimension. You can as well at present customize your modes of transportation and activities to specify that you were surfing, boating, hiking, cycling, snowshoeing, or horseback riding, for example.

The feature tin can as well jog your memory nigh the last fourth dimension you visited specific destinations.

"So if you lot went to Point Reyes National Seashore a few days agone, the dates of your past visits will appear on the place bill of fare (only visible to you lot)," Sanz explained. "From at that place yous can tap directly into Your Timeline to get the dates and details of your visits and rediscover the experience."

Finally, you can now receive monthly emails summarizing the cities, countries, and places y'all've visited. To manage this option, but open the settings tab from Your Timeline and toggle "Timeline emails" on or off.

Meanwhile, some people might non similar the idea of Google tracking their every move. If y'all're in that camp, bank check out this article for instructions on how to get Google to quit tracking yous.

Nearly Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's proficient on fettle and smart habitation products. Teaching yoga for nearly x years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, heart charge per unit monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart abode devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to proper noun a few.